{
  "slug": "what-happens-when-we-prompt-the-model-not-the-people-evaluating-llms-as-survey-estimators",
  "title": "What Happens When We Prompt the Model, Not the People? Evaluating LLMs as Survey Estimators",
  "authors": "with Trent D. Buskirk",
  "venue": null,
  "year": 2026,
  "category": "survey",
  "section": "workingPapers",
  "status": "under-review",
  "status_label": "Submitted to Public Opinion Quarterly",
  "visibility": "metadata-only",
  "doi": null,
  "canonical_url": null,
  "summary": "Evaluates direct LLM-based estimates of population quantities against Survey of Consumer Finances benchmarks, emphasizing substitution risk and the need for target-specific validation.",
  "metadata_url": "https://jyl19.github.io/papers/what-happens-when-we-prompt-the-model-not-the-people-evaluating-llms-as-survey-estimators/metadata.json",
  "summary_url": "https://jyl19.github.io/papers/what-happens-when-we-prompt-the-model-not-the-people-evaluating-llms-as-survey-estimators/summary.md",
  "pdf_url": null
}