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Raymond Gastil

Raymond Duncan Gastil (1931–December 19, 2012 ) was an American social scientist, best known for evaluating political freedom in the Freedom in the World reports published by Freedom House".



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Freedom House

In several studies of the methodology used by Raymond D. Gastil and others to create Freedom in the World report, Kenneth A. Bollen found that "no criticisms ... have demonstrated a systematic bias in all the ratings. Most of the evidence consists of anecdotal evidence of relatively few cases. Whether there is a systematic or sporadic slant in Gastil's ratings is an open question".