Questionnaire design
The smartvote Kosovo questionnaire has been designed by the Kosova Democratic Institute and Politools. In order to guarantee a comprehensive, valid and politically neutral questionnaire, the team consulted experts from civil society organizations and media.
Matching
In order to match the answers/political positions of parties and voters, smartvote Kosova applies an algorithm based on the Euclidean Distance. Below you find a detailed description of the matching-algorithm.
Positional matching methodology (PDF)
smartspider methodology
In order to calculate positions of parties and voters on the seven axes of the smartspider graphs, smartvote Kosova applies a common and simple calculation method. Below you will find a detailed description of those as well as the complete assignment of questions to the dimensions of the smartspider.
smartspider
The smartspider is a graphical visualisation of the political profiles of the parties and user based on their answers to the questionnaire. Each of the seven axes represents a formulated goal in a policy area (e.g., Environmental protection) based on 2-4 questions. Some questions have been assigned to multiple axes and some questions have not been assigned to any of the axes. For each axis a value of between 0 and 100 points can be reached. A value of 100, at the outside edge of the spider, means there is complete agreement with the formulated goal of the corresponding axis. A value of 0, in the middle of the spider, means that there is no agreement with the formulated goal. The more similar the political profiles of a party and user are, the more their smartspiders will overlap. See the assignment document for more information on the smartspider and which questions are assigned to which axes.
