Poli3204 Uiowa

I want to survey individuals in Iowa. The following is my survey design: I take Iowa and divided into 100 mutually exclusive sub area is called clusters. I take a sample of those clusters, and make a list of houses in the clusters. And then sample the individuals in those houses. What sampling technique is this?

Area-based probability sampling

Rank the following groups on their strength of identification with the Democrat party using numbers one, two, three, four, where one is the strongest identification of the groups listed

Asian American three, Black Americans one, Latino Americans number 2, white Americans four

True or false, tell him respondents you will pay them after they complete the survey will increase response rate

False

True or false, you should never use pre-design questions from other surveys as the basisfor your questions

False

Younger people are more likely to spread fake news

False

What is validity?

The extent to which your Measure measures what you wanted to

What does it mean to prepare data?

Data data from survey recorded format to analyzable format

What is the best way to ensure interviewers ask good questions?

Design good questions

What is generational shift in public opinion? Answer in 1 to 2 sentences

Week three question seven

True or false, most Americans use the ideological left and right continuum to organize their political opinions

False

True or false, most people wait until the week before an election to decide who to pick

False

True or false, offering to pay interviewers per completed survey is a better way to ensure correctly completed surveys been paying them by the hour.

False

True or false, personality traits of interviewers do not matter to the interview process

False

True or false, sending reminders an extra service in the mail will not help boost non-response rate of mail surveys

False

I want to survey individuals in Iowa. The following is my survey design: I take I would and divide into 100 mutually exclusive some areas called clusters. I take a sample of those clusters and make a list of houses in the clusters. I've been sample the individuals in those houses. The above example is of?

Multi stage sample

What are two ways data coding procedures can cause error?

Poor coding decisions, error in coding and data entry

What are three of the most prominently held careers by Congress members

Teacher, lawyer, business

Please finish the sentence, political efficacy describes the extent to which someone...

Thanks they can influence the political system

True or False: The government can subpoena your survey results

True

True or false presidential approval influences a states governors approval

True

True or false, Americans genuinely favor spending more on federal programs

True

True or false, more professional looking mail surveys are more likely to have higher response rates than less professional mail surveys

True

True or false, which party controls government matters for policy outcomes.

True

The extent to what your survey question is measuring what you want it to is called:

Validity

In 1 to 3 sentences, describe what it means for new stations/journalist to be watchdogs

Watch over politicians hold them accountable

How linked to our political trust (trust in government) and social trust (trust in people)?

Weakly

Two ways interviewers can induce bias is by having biased respondent recruitment and cooperation, and biased question asking and recording. Pick one and provide for me one way of solving the issue. Make sure to tell me which issue you are solving, what you are doing to solve it, and why that solves the issue. (Two-four sentences).

Week 10 question 15

Below are for suggested reasons why people do not participate at higher rates. Please match the term with its description.

Week five question 12

In two paragraphs, evaluate the performance of government vis a vis public opinion and public policy outcomes

Week five question 15

Please match the era of American media with it dates

Week five question one

In three sentences, describe projection, rationalization, and policy voting as they relate to candidate choice

Week for question eight

Why are unreliable an invalid measures a problem for survey research?

Week nine question 15

In one paragraph, pick one group and discuss two issues with variation in public opinion among some groups of that group.

Week three question 11

Please list two of the reason suggested for why the public opinion may differ by gender. Provide one example of each

Week three question 15

Micro (individual) opinion tends to be unstable well macro (aggregate) opinion tends to be stable

Week three question one

Below are for overworking policy domains match the domain to the description of the issues within it

Week three question three

In 2 to 5 sentences to describe what the miracle of aggregation is and how it relates to the issues of opinions table stability between macro and micro units

Week three question to

Below are four theories as to why opinions change please match the theory with its definition non-attitudes measurement here theory of survey response in parentheses top of the head

Week to question 10

Below are three of how individuals translate information into opinion please match the theory with its definition

Week to question 11

Low information rationality is the idea that it is rational to not be highly informed how was purposefully not being informed considered rational and what does this have to do with heuristics

Week to question 12

Is the American public politically knowledgeable? Do they need to be? Does the American public possess stable opinions? Do they need to?

Week to question five

Liberals support bigger government size and spending while conservative support smaller government size in spending this is evident and liberals greater support for increased welfare spending and more marketing regulations what conservatives prefer less welfare spending and less marketing regulations

Week two question nine

Six theories of how public opinion is linked to government

Week 2 Q2

What percentage of the United States Senate or white men in 2014

80

True or False: It is illegal to remove identifying information (e.g. name of respondent) from survey data.

False

True or False: Once a respondent has agreed to be surveyed, they cannot take it back.

False

A set of rules that translate survey answers into actual numerical data is called:

A code

True or False: The sampling method used will not have any effect on how to calculate survey statistics.

False

What are two ways interviewers can affect results?

Affect response rate, affect reporting accuracy

True or False: You should not tell respondents who is funding the survey

False

What percentage of Americans said they could trust the government all or most of the time?

10

What percentage of the United States House of Representatives were white men in 2014

70

I sent out 1000 surveys. Of those 1000, only 900 answered the survey. What is my response rate?

90

What is a cognitive laboratory review?

A practice round of surveying

What are two benefits to open ended questions compared to close ended?

Allows for real responses, deals with multiple answer questions better

What are two possible ways to reduce non-response due to lack of cooperation and telephone/personal interviews?

Bribe them, have effective interviewers

You all just finished an exam so I can see, finished reflections, and go relax.

C

True or false majority of Americans support providing more aid to foreign contries

False

True or false most radio talk shows are liberal

False

True or false, Americans place greater trust in the government to handle domestic issues more than foreign issues

False

True or false, a majority of Americans have a gray or a good deal of trust in public opinion polls

False

True or false, having standardize questions result in greater error.

False

What are two possible ways to reduce non-response due to lack of availability?

Call multiple times, have interviews with flexible schedules

Partisan movement is the change in the part is in affiliation of the citizenry what are two valid ways to measure that change

Changes in self-reported party identification, changes in the party voting rates

Ideological movement is the change in the ideological tenor of the citizenry what are two valid ways to measure that change

Changes in spending preferences, changes in self-reported ideology

If I asked won the race with possible responses being, white, black, Asian, Native American, multiple races, other. What kind of question is this?

Close ended

What can you show readers to demonstrate the reliability and/or validity of your questions?

Cognitive test results

Verbal consent to participate in a survey (as opposed to signed consent) is usually enough for surveys, unless which of the following are true?

Collecting very sensitive information, respondents are from a vulnerable populations, limit to degree of confidentiality of survey

True or false, more Americans for hold the 2016 presidential campaign on social media than TV

False

What are the three sample frame characteristics that researchers should use to evaluate their sample frame?

Comprehensiveness, calculation of probability of selection, efficiency

What are the three sample frame characteristics that researchers should use to evaluate their sample frame?

Comprehensiveness, calculations of probability of selection, efficiency

What are two benefits to close ended questions comparing to open ended?

Constraints possible answers, easier to record

What are the rules of an interviewer? Select all that apply.

Contact and enlist respondents,Train and motivate respondents, Ask questions and record answers

What are two options available to decrease potential issues with the surveys too long and has been found to cause issues?

Cut questions, sub sample the survey with portions of survey

What are low information people more likely to do? Select all that apply

Defect from their party idea when voting, change partisanship more often, participate less

According to Ericsson in Tedin, why do exit polls often show more individuals voting Democrat been actually did?

Democrats are more likely to answer exit polls

What are two ways to improve reporting of factual responses by the respondent?

Do not use proxies, ask the most knowledgeable respondents

Which of the following reasons are direct causes of variation in political knowledge across the individuals

Education interest context

Select the three components of Socio economic status

Education, employment/occupational status, income

So like two of the most important predictors of support for democracy

Education, political interest

What are two ways to reduce social desirability bias?

Emphasize confidentiality, use self administered surveys

What are two reasons we should provide information regarding survey design when presenting our research?

Evaluation of generalizability to population, replication

Fowler lists six steps for evaluating survey questions. Please match the step with the order it comes in.

Focus group discussions, draft tentative questions, quickly review questions, cognitive interviews, develop survey instruments, pretest

Who was the first US president to poll the public?

Franklin Roosevelt

What are the three F's associated with democratic elections? Choose all that apply.

Free, fair, frequent

Coming of age during a time of political and economic turmoil has caused many younger Americans to be distrusting of government and pessimistic about the role McConomy. What kind of effect is being experienced

Generational

What are two ways to improve subjective responses by the respondent?

Have enough, but not too many answer categories, ask multiple similar questions and score of them

When determining the extent of non-response by us in a sample, what are two things to consider?

How much non-response there is, how different responders and non-responders are

What are three criteria we can use to evaluate interviews?

How much they are costing per interview, their response rate, reviewing their completed surveys

In 1 to 2 sentences, what are the two ways election serve as a popular control of the government?

In elections people vote and people that they think will do what they want and threaten to kick out representatives who do not

Which of the below are issues with creating good questions,

Incomplete question wording, inconsistent meaning in questions

Macro level opinions refer to____level analysis, well my macro level opinion refers to___level analysis

Individual, aggregate

Please order the branches of government from most (1) to least (3) responsive

Legislative one, executive two, judiciary three

What are two ways to ensure already conducted interviewers are valid?

Mail a follow up survey about the first survey, call a sample of the sample and talk to them

Below or four generations please match them with how strongly they identify with the Republican or Democratic parties

Millennial major Democrat, Gen X lean Democrat, baby boomer lean Republican, silent near majority Republican.

The United States like other countries may go through realignment periods were major powers in shifts occur in the electorate there are two theory is used to describe the changes in partisanship that occurs during these times one particular theory argues that part is in shift occurs when your voters into the party system and shift the part is in balance towards one party. What is this theory called?

Mobilization theory of realignment

Our elected officials more of the same or less responsive when they are up for reelection an election is soon

More

What does it mean to sample without replacement?

No one is sampled multiple times

I have someone in the race allowing only one selection and possible options being, white, black, Asian, Native American, multiple races, other. What kind of data would I get?

Nominal

I sampled 1000 iowans in August, then sample those same exact islands in September. What type of data do I have?

Panel data

Where are floaters in political science?

People whose vote choice is determined by campaigns, not long-term Pardison commitments

In 1 to 2 sentences, describe pocketbook voting

Pocketbook voting is voting according to past or expected economic conditions

Which is the most accurate for a predicting general election outcomes?

Polls conducted the week of the general election

Do United States, we hold two elections. One picks the party nominee, the second decides between Party nominees for who will take office. Match the election type to his purpose

Primary election decide parties nominee, general election decide which parties nominee takes office, blank space

Which is the preferred method of using the Internet for survey taking?

Providing a link to follow to be surveyed

In one or two sentences , Define public opinion

Public opinion is the general feelings and ideas about government and issues facing the nation usually from the people creating the nation(week 2)

Surveys may require rigorous IRB approval if what two conditions are met?

Recorded information can't identify respondents, information could harm respondents if it got out

Extent with your survey question would result in some more answers if I asked to some more people is called:

Reliability

What is a simple random sample?

Sampling a units in a population randomly without replacement

What is a stratified sample?

Sampling partially based on respondents characteristics

What is a simple random sample?

Sampling units in a population randomly without replacement

What are the four components of Total Survey Design?

Sampling, mode data collection, question design, interviewing

It is important to pay attention to each component of survey design. What are those survey components discussed in chapter 1? Select all that apply.

Sampling, question design, interviewing, mode of data collection

There are two pathways connecting constituency opinion to elected official behavior. Selection argues that opinion is linked to what is the officials behavior through the election of new officials to the office who represent the will of the their constituent. Adaptation argues that opinion is linked to elected officials behavior through currently serving officials changing their behavior to be more in line with the constituencies preferences

Selection, adaptation

In 1 to 2 sentences contrast sincere and strategic voting by legislators

Sincere voting is voting for what the legislator actually wants, or from their own preference. Strategic voting is trying to see towards the "endgame "

On a scale of very not at all how related his one's self proclaimed ideological identifications in their objective ideology based off their answers to ideologically charge policy questions

Somewhat

What is the Downsian Model

Suggest that candidates take a position near middle to appeal to median voter

Which of the following are considered vital for the continuation of democracy?

Support for democratic values/tolerance, ability to compromise, trust and efficacy, pro democracy personalities

If I serve your household and one spouse answers a question on behalf of the other, this is an example of:

Surveying by proxy

What is error?

The difference between the true an estimated value

What is error?

The difference between the true and estimated value

Ideology is...

The ideas and ideals that form the basis of thought or theory

What is a party platform

The parties goals and policy positions

What is a sample frame?

The people who have a chance of being sampled

In three to five sentences, describe what is meant by Total Survey Design and how it aims to limit error.

Total survey design is where there is a process to complete every step in a survey, this will help limit error. It will do so in having a set way of going from step to step, making sure that every step os done properly to not mess up a later step. If at the end of a survey you see that a step was messed up early on, you would have to go back through the survey and practically restart without Total Survey Design.

What is biased sampling error

When the sample and population differ due to sampling method

What is biased sampling error?

When the sample in population different due to sampling method

You have finished the sampling process and have the data. Of course, not everyone answered the survey, and, for some reason, you cannot do any more sampling. However, you also notice that your sample is not completely representative of the population. What is one way to fix this issue so that the sample looks closer to the population.

Where the sample/respondents

And example of symbolic racism is

X people are not inherently equal, they just lack the work ethic to make it in this world