Coursepack
Don’t feel compelled to read the entire articles, rather approach each with a question (i.e., “What am I supposed to draw from this article?”). You can do this by looking for the research question that the authors ask in the introductions), then answer the question, and support it with facts from the paper. Pay particular attention to the introductory and concluding statements. When things are unclear, don’t hestitate to email or call.
Background Articles
Berinsky, Adam. 1999. “The Two Faces of Public Opinion,” American Journal of Political Science 43: 1209-1230.
Krosnick, Jon A. (1999) “Survey Research.” Annual Review of Psychology. 50:537-567.
Streb, Matthew, Barbara Burrell, Brian Frederick, and Michael Genovese. 2007. “Social Desirability Effects and Support for a Female American President,” Public Opinion Quarterly 1-14.
1cStreb-SocialDesirability.pdf
Mode of Data Collection Articles
Krysan, Maria. 1998. “Privacy and the Expression of White Racial Attitudes: A Comparison Across Three Contexts,” Public Opinion Quarterly 62: 506-544.
2aKrysan-ModeofDataCollection.pdf
Krysan, Maria, and Mick P. Couper (2003) “Race in the live and the virtual interview: Racial deference, social desirability, and activation effects in attitude surveys.” Social Psychology Quarterly. 66:364-383.
2cKrysanandCouper-ModeofDataCollecti.pdf
Tourangeau, Roger and Tom W. Smith (1996) “Asking Sensitive Questions: The Impact of Data Collection Mode, Question Format, and Question Context.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 60:275-304.
2bTourangeauandSmith-ModeofDataColle.pdf
Tourangeau, Roger, Darby Miller-Steiger, and David C. Wilson (2002) “Self-Administered Questions by Telephone: Evaluating Interactive Voice Response”, Public Opinion Quarterly. 66: 265-278.
2dTourangeauetal-ModeofDataCollectio.pdf
Question Wording Articles
Hurwitz, Jon and Mark Peffley (2005) “Playing the Race Card in the Post-Willie Horton Era: The Impact of Racialized Code Words on Support for Punitive Crime Policy.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 69:99-112.
3bPeffleyandHurwitz-QuestionWording.pdf
Petty, Richard E., Greg A. Rennier, and John T. Cacioppo (1987) “Assertion Versus Interrogation Format in Opinion Surveys: Questions Enhance Thoughtful Responding.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 51:481-494.
3aPettyetal-Questionwording.pdf
Question Order Articles
Alspach, Steven E. And George F. Bishop (1991) “Question Order Effects of Presidential Approval Ratings on Gubernatorial Approval Ratings: A Research Note.” Social Forces. 69 (4):1241-1248.
Moore, David W. (2002) “Measuring New Types of Question-Order Effects: Additive and Subtractive.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 66:80-91.
Schuman, Howard and Jacob Ludwig (1983) “The Norm of Even-handedness in Surveys as in Life.” American Sociological Review. 48:112-120.
4aSchumanandLudwig-QuestionOrder.pdf
Schwartz, Norbert and Hans-J Hippler (1995) “Subsequent Questions May Influence Answers to Preceding Questions in Mail Surveys.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 59 (1): 93-97.
4eSchwarzandHippler-QuestionOrder.pdf
Stapel, Dederick A., and Norbert Schwarz. 1998. “The Republican Who Did Not Want to Become President: An Inclusion/Exclusion Analysis of Colin Powell's Impact on Evaluations of the Republican Party and Bob Dole.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24:690-698.
4bStapelandSchwarz-QuestionOrder.pdf
Wilson, David C., David W. Moore, Patrick F. McKay, and Derek R. Avery (2008) “Affirmative Action Programs for Women and Minorities: Support Affected by Question Order.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 73:514-522.
5fWilsonetal-QuestionOrder.pdf
Response Order Articles
Knauper, Barbel (1999) “The Impact of Age and Education on Response Order Effects in Attitudes Measurement.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 63:70-78.
5cKnauper-ResponseOrderEffects.pdf
Krosnick, Jon A., and Duane F. Alwin. 1987. “An Evaluation of a Cognitive Theory of Response Order Effects in Survey Measurement.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 51:201–219.
5aKrosnickandAlwin-ResponseOrderEffe.pdf
Narayan, Sowmya, and Jon A. Krosnick (1996) “Education Moderates Some Response Effects in Attitude Measurement.” Public Opinion Quarterly 60:58–88.
5bKrosnicandNarayan-ResponseOrderEff.pdf
Race of Interviewer Articles
Davis, Darren W. (1997a) “The Direction of Race of Interviewer effects among African Americans: Donning the Black Mask.” American Journal of Political Science. 41: 309-330.
6dDavis-RaceofinterviewerAJPS.pdf
Davis, Darren W. (1997b) “Nonrandom Measurement Error and Race of Interviewer Effects among African Americans.” Public Opinion Quarterly. 61:183-207.
6eDavis-RaceofinterviewerPOQ.pdf
Davis, Darren W., and Brian D. Silver. 2003. Stereotype threat and race of interviewer effects in a survey on political knowledge. American Journal of Poliical Science 47 (1):33-45.
6fDavisandSilver-Raceofinterviewer.pdf
Edelman, Murray and Warren J. Mitofsky (1990) “The Effect of the Interviewer’s Race in Political Surveys with Multiracial Candidates.” Unpublished paper presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers (AAPOR) conference.
6dEdelman-Raceofinterviewer.pdf
Finkel, Steven E., Thomas M. Guterbock, and Marian J. Borg. 1991. “Race-of-Interviewer Effects in a Preelection Poll: Virginia 1989,” Public Opinion Quarterly 55: 313-330.
6cFinkeletal-RaceofInterviewer.pdf
Hatchett, Shirley , and Howard Schuman. 1975. “White respondents and race-of-interviewer effects.” Publc Opinon Quarterly. 39 (4):523-528.
6bHatchettandSchuman-Raceofinterview.pdf
Schuman, Howard and Jean M. Converse (1971) "The Effects of Black and White Interviewers on Black Responses in 1968." Public Opinion Quarterly. 35:44-68.
6aSchumanandConverse-Raceofinterview.pdf