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Political-policy trio

Three dichotomous policy items spanning the U.S. partisan spectrum — death penalty, gun permit, marijuana legalisation — asked of the same 2024 wave. The shelf-Δ is intentionally narrow: all three sit at majority-favor, so an SSR re-run has to reproduce a flat consensus rather than a wide gradient.

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1 paired studies 3 paired questions Shelf Δ 0.25 3.74 → 3.48
Shape mix: 2 bimodal-asymmetric 1 multimodal-symmetric
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Every paired question on this shelf, on the same 1-5 SSR axis. The gradient between the top and bottom rows is the shelf's acceptance test — a synthetic re-run on this topic has to land each row within its source CI to be useful.

Would you favor or oppose a law which would require a person to obtain a police permit bef...
3.74 (3.66–3.82)
GSS (2024) — Political-policy trio (death penalty + gun permit + marijuana) →
Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal or not?
3.68 (3.56–3.81)
GSS (2024) — Political-policy trio (death penalty + gun permit + marijuana) →
Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?
3.48 (3.40–3.57)
GSS (2024) — Political-policy trio (death penalty + gun permit + marijuana) →
1.02.03.04.05.0
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