You have created your universe and moved on to the next important task. Now your team is in the field and having conversations with voters. Then the questions start coming coming .
- Is this data right?
- Did we pick the right support model for my universe creation?
- Is this a universe right?
- Why is there a strong supporter of our opponent on my canvass list?
These questions can cause stress, but don’t worry you are not the first person to attempt to answer these questions. We have a template that can be used with your VAN data to produce some simple charts that will provide clarity.
The tool is help you quickly build charts that show how effective a model is at prioritizing your voters.
This tool will give you guidance on how to pull data from VAN’s counts and crosstabs.
We also provide guidance on how to read and analyze chart data for different scenarios.
Model Validation
Data tables exported from VAN along side formulas that are used to create a bar chart and displace stats relevant to assessing if a model is working.