Martin-Quinn scores
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Martin-Quinn scores are a widely used statistical measure that estimates the ideological positions of U.S. Supreme Court justices over time based on their voting behavior.
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| Martin-Quinn scores canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin-Quinn scores Context triple: [Andrew D. Martin, notableWork, Martin-Quinn scores]
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Keeping Score
Keeping Score is an educational multimedia project by the San Francisco Symphony that explores classical music and composers through documentaries, concerts, and online resources.
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SCORE
SCORE is a U.S. nonprofit organization of volunteer business mentors that provides free counseling, resources, and education to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Ratings Percentage Index
The Ratings Percentage Index is a statistical ranking system used in U.S. college sports to evaluate and compare teams based on their wins, losses, and strength of schedule.
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McQuinn
McQuinn is a surname of Irish or Scottish origin, likely a variant of the more common name Quinn.
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Pi (score)
Pi (score) is the minimalist, electronic-infused orchestral soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell for Darren Aronofsky’s 1998 psychological thriller film "Pi."
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin-Quinn scores Target entity description: Martin-Quinn scores are a widely used statistical measure that estimates the ideological positions of U.S. Supreme Court justices over time based on their voting behavior.
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A.
Keeping Score
Keeping Score is an educational multimedia project by the San Francisco Symphony that explores classical music and composers through documentaries, concerts, and online resources.
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B.
SCORE
SCORE is a U.S. nonprofit organization of volunteer business mentors that provides free counseling, resources, and education to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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C.
Ratings Percentage Index
The Ratings Percentage Index is a statistical ranking system used in U.S. college sports to evaluate and compare teams based on their wins, losses, and strength of schedule.
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D.
McQuinn
McQuinn is a surname of Irish or Scottish origin, likely a variant of the more common name Quinn.
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E.
Pi (score)
Pi (score) is the minimalist, electronic-infused orchestral soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell for Darren Aronofsky’s 1998 psychological thriller film "Pi."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ideal point estimate
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judicial ideology measure ⓘ statistical model ⓘ time-series cross-sectional model ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. Supreme Court justices
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linked to:
Supreme Court justices
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| associatedWith |
UC Berkeley
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linked to:
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| assumes |
cases can be ordered along an ideological dimension
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justices have stable preferences within short periods ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Supreme Court voting behavior
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case outcomes ⓘ |
| captures | changes in justice ideology over time ⓘ |
| coversPeriod | U.S. Supreme Court terms from 1953 onward ⓘ |
| dataSource | Supreme Court Database ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Andrew D. Martin
ⓘ
Kevin M. Quinn ⓘ |
| documentedIn | “Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953–1999” ⓘ |
| estimates |
ideological positions of justices
ⓘ
latent policy preferences ⓘ |
| excludes | many unanimous decisions ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | early 2000s ⓘ |
| focusesOn | merits decisions ⓘ |
| hasDimension | one-dimensional ideological scale ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | liberal-conservative ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://mqscores.lsa.umich.edu/ ⓘ |
| inputData |
case issue areas
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votes in non-unanimous cases ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
higher values more conservative
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lower values more liberal ⓘ |
| output |
posterior mean ideal points
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posterior uncertainty intervals ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Political Analysis ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Judicial Common Space scores
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Segal-Cover scores ⓘ ideal point models ⓘ |
| scaleCentering | Court median in a reference term ⓘ |
| unitOfAnalysis | justice-term ⓘ |
| updated | periodically ⓘ |
| usedBy |
journalists
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legal scholars ⓘ political scientists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparing ideological positions across terms
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measuring Court polarization ⓘ quantitative analysis of the Supreme Court ⓘ studying judicial behavior ⓘ tracking ideological drift of justices ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
Bayesian item response theory
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Markov chain Monte Carlo ⓘ |
| variesOver | time ⓘ |
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