Yuxin Hou

Research

Survey simulation, opinion correlation, and opinion dynamics.

Survey simulation

An LLM agent fits and evaluates generators of synthetic survey data.

Research code and experiment reports; includes empirical-copula transfer and checks for record copying.

Comparative opinion research

Compares associations among nine policy opinions in surveys and social media across the US, Europe, and China.

Pairwise correlations, semantic similarity, and effective dimensionality. Public analysis code.

Research

Opinion dynamics on social media.

Research area; project methods and results are not listed here.

Research software

AI attitudes: social-media labeling pipeline

Weibo/Twitter processing with explicit label validity, provider provenance, and resumable intermediate results.
Oct 10, 2026