Experiments in Question Wording, Form, and Context in Attitude Surveys, 1971-1980 (ICPSR 7940)

Version Date: Mar 17, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Howard Schuman, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center; Stanley Presser, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07940.v2

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Summary

Data from over 200 experiments conducted in 34 different surveys are supplied in this collection. The experiments were designed to evaluate systematically the effects of question form, wording, and context. Experimental questions were constructed to explore the following topics: open vs. closed questions, "don't know" responses, response order, unbalanced questions vs. balancing attempts, agree-disagree items, attitude strength, attitude crystallization, tone of wording, question content, and question order.

Citation

Schuman, Howard, and Presser, Stanley. Experiments in Question Wording, Form, and Context in Attitude Surveys, 1971-1980. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-03-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07940.v2

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Funding

National Science Foundation (Soc76-15040, and Soc78-04021), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health (MH-24266)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1971 -- 1980

Date of Collection

1974 -- 1981
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Sample

Parts 1-22, 24, 26-32: Households selected using multistage area probability sampling, respondents randomly selected from each sampled household. Part 23: Systematic random sampling. Part 25: Block quota sampling in 1974, full probability sampling in 1978 and 1980.

Universe

Parts 1-22, 24-30: Noninstitutionalized population 18 years and over living in households in the 48 coterminous United States. Part 23: students at the University of Michigan listed in the student directory. Parts 31, 32: Adults aged 21 and over residing in dwelling units located within the Detroit Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Data Source

Parts 1-22, 24, 26-30: Survey Research Center surveys, Part 23: University of Michigan surveys, Part 25: National Opinion Research Center surveys, Parts 31, 32: Detroit Area Study surveys

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Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Schuman, Howard, and Stanley Presser. Experiments in Question Wording, Form, and Context in Attitude Surveys, 1971-1980. ICPSR07940-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-03-17. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07940.v2

2006-03-17 ICPSR-created SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files, SAS and Stata supplementary setup files, SAS transport file, SPSS portable file, and Stata system file have been added to the collection. ICPSR-produced codebooks for each of the parts were added. The original codebook was updated by removing OSIRIS-specific dataset listings.

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