Res Meth and Stat Anal -- CRJU 3002

Quiz 5 -- Study Guide Surveys (95% CI) 

Components of a survey

1)  Sample selection

2)  Question design

3)  Survey distribution

Three types of non-respondents: 

Issue: non-responses to surveys 

Solution:

Examples of questions / template for your designing research 

Inter-University Consortium for Politics and Social research (ICPSR)

Indexes and Scales

Individual questions

The collection of items  

Index

Sample Scale:   "Political Ideology: Liberal-Conservative”

Scales measure underlying attitudes.

1.   Are you in favor of a woman's right to an abortion?          Yes No

2.  Do you support gun control?                                                  Yes No

3.   Should firms hire based on DEI principles?                         Yes No

Twenty questions -- proportion of “Yes” answers shows how liberal. Yes to every question is maximum liberal, YES to none of them is maximum conservative.