ANES Explorer — EasyStates

How discovery works: All Discover tools are backed by LASSO models trained on ANES data. Rankings reflect partial coefficients — the unique predictive power of each IV after controlling for all others simultaneously.

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Pulse Ask — Natural Language Research

Type any research question in plain English. Pulse detects your intent — predictor discovery, IV exploration, trend analysis, or hypothesis test — and routes you to the right result automatically.

AI-powered Intent detection Auto-routing

💬 "What predicts political trust?" 💬 "What does racial resentment explain?" 💬 "What drives abortion views?"

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IV Explorer — What Does This Variable Predict?

Pick any ANES variable as a predictor and see every outcome it significantly predicts, ranked by LASSO coefficient magnitude. Search by keyword or VCF code. Deep-links let you bookmark any variable's profile.

Any IV → all DVs Ranked by |coef| Pre/post windows

🔗 Party Identification (VCF0301) 🔗 Race / Ethnicity (VCF0105B)

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DV Discovery — What Predicts an Outcome?

To find what predicts a specific outcome, use Pulse Ask — just ask "What predicts [outcome]?" and Pulse will surface the LASSO-ranked predictors inline. You can then run a Hypothesis Test with your chosen predictor set.

💬 "What explains voter turnout?" 💬 "What accounts for immigration attitudes?" 💬 "What leads to gun control opinions?"

Found a predictor you want to test formally?

Move to Confirm & Replicate to run a hypothesis test with your chosen IV, DV, and control set — and inspect the full model output.

Go to Confirm →