Hansen, Kasper M. (2004) Deliberative Democracy and Opinion
... comments on large parts of the manuscript. Many of Archons comments caused me to rethink the argument and make it more clear. His encouragement also helped me find the final motivation to complete the dissertation and to continue the work on deliberative democracy. The dissertation was defended on A ...
... comments on large parts of the manuscript. Many of Archons comments caused me to rethink the argument and make it more clear. His encouragement also helped me find the final motivation to complete the dissertation and to continue the work on deliberative democracy. The dissertation was defended on A ...
Differences in negativity bias underlie variations in political ideology
... symbols of the United States with negative concepts were more likely to vote against the proposed expansion of a U.S. military base even though they believed themselves undecided on this issue (Galdi et al. 2008). In a series of studies following the lead of Zajonc (1980), political scientist Milt L ...
... symbols of the United States with negative concepts were more likely to vote against the proposed expansion of a U.S. military base even though they believed themselves undecided on this issue (Galdi et al. 2008). In a series of studies following the lead of Zajonc (1980), political scientist Milt L ...
A ttitudes, Uncertain t
... Even imperfect indicators of uncertainty may provide better leverage in estimating statistical models than models which lack any such measures. Several studies (Alvarez 1996; Campbell 1983) make use of existing survey measures to develop an indicator of respondent uncertainty. Here we take the appro ...
... Even imperfect indicators of uncertainty may provide better leverage in estimating statistical models than models which lack any such measures. Several studies (Alvarez 1996; Campbell 1983) make use of existing survey measures to develop an indicator of respondent uncertainty. Here we take the appro ...
The Experimental Political Scientist
... The formation of the Organized Section on Experimental Research marks an important milestone in the growth and development of political science. Over the past two decades, the discipline has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the prominence of experimental research. Survey, laboratory, and field ...
... The formation of the Organized Section on Experimental Research marks an important milestone in the growth and development of political science. Over the past two decades, the discipline has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the prominence of experimental research. Survey, laboratory, and field ...
Final mode of the receive-accept-sample
... responses people make to closed-ended policy questions and the ideas that are at the top of their heads as they do so. Because it claims that people answer survey questions on the basis of the ideas that are most salient to ...
... responses people make to closed-ended policy questions and the ideas that are at the top of their heads as they do so. Because it claims that people answer survey questions on the basis of the ideas that are most salient to ...
MEDIA MANAGEMENT * MCM 601
... Journalists, especially television reporters, often assert themselves into the stories they cover. This happens most often in terms of proximity, i.e. to the locus of unfolding events or within the orbit of powerful political and civic actors. This bias helps journalists establish and maintain a cul ...
... Journalists, especially television reporters, often assert themselves into the stories they cover. This happens most often in terms of proximity, i.e. to the locus of unfolding events or within the orbit of powerful political and civic actors. This bias helps journalists establish and maintain a cul ...
Public Opinion - Mommas-Lil-Girl
... • A 1978 poll done in Cincinnati asked people whether they “favored or opposed repealing the 1975 Public Affairs Act.” – There was no such act! – About one third of those asked expressed an opinion about it. ...
... • A 1978 poll done in Cincinnati asked people whether they “favored or opposed repealing the 1975 Public Affairs Act.” – There was no such act! – About one third of those asked expressed an opinion about it. ...
Propaganda and Political Cartoons
... Why is establishing a knowledge base important? Political cartoons in newspapers today may make immediate sense, but the context needs to be considered in looking at cartoons from the past Political cartoons cannot be understood without establishing the context ...
... Why is establishing a knowledge base important? Political cartoons in newspapers today may make immediate sense, but the context needs to be considered in looking at cartoons from the past Political cartoons cannot be understood without establishing the context ...
Response bias
Response bias is a general term for a wide range of cognitive biases that influence the responses of participants away from an accurate or truthful response. These biases are most prevalent in the types of studies and research that involve participant self-report, such as structured interviews or surveys. Response biases can have a large impact on the validity of the questionnaire or survey to which the participant is responding. This bias can be induced or caused by a number of factors, all relating to the idea that human subjects do not respond passively to stimuli, but rather actively integrate multiple sources of information to generate a response in a given situation. Because of this, almost any aspect of an experimental condition may be able to bias a respondent in some form or another. For example, the phrasing of questions in surveys, the demeanor of the researcher, the way the experiment is conducted, or the desires of the participant to be a good experimental subject and to provide socially desirable responses may bias the response of the participant in some way. All of these ""artifacts"" of survey and self-report research may have the potential to damage the validity of a measure or study. Compounding this issue is that surveys affected by response bias still often have high reliability. This insidious combination can lure researchers into a false sense of security about the conclusions they draw. The effect of this bias means that it is possible that some study results are due to a systematic response bias rather than the hypothesized effect, which can have a profound effect on psychological and other types of research using questionnaires or surveys. It is therefore important for researchers to be aware of response bias and the effect it can have on their research so that they can attempt to prevent it from impacting their findings in a negative manner.