CBS News/New York Times O.J. Simpson Poll #2, July 1994 (ICPSR 6602)

Version Date: Jun 21, 2000

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Principal Investigator(s):
CBS News; The New York Times

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06602.v2

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Summary

This special topic poll focused on the American criminal justice system in general and specifically on the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Respondents were asked whether the criminal justice system and the media were biased toward O.J. Simpson and other Blacks or against them, and whether the trial affected the way white people view Black men. Additional race-related questions asked respondents whether they thought there would be more media coverage or less if a white celebrity had been accused of the same crimes as Simpson or if Simpson had been accused of murdering two Black people. The role of the news media and whether they had been too harsh or too easy on Simpson in their coverage of his trial was also explored. The respondents' feelings about Simpson were probed in questions that asked how much sympathy they had for him because of everything that had happened, and if they had personally thought of him as a role model before the murders. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, household composition, vote choice in the 1992 presidential election, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, religious preference, and family income.

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times O.J. Simpson Poll #2, July 1994    . Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-06-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06602.v2

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Distributor(s)

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

1994-07

Date of Collection

1994-07-11 -- 1994-07-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) ICPSR created a codebook appendix to clarify codes for some standard variables. (2) A weight variable has been included and must be used for any analysis. (3) The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

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Sample

A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH [Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963]).

Universe

Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over having telephones at home.

Data Source

telephone interviews

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Original Release Date

1996-05-14

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:

  • CBS News/The New York Times. CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES O.J. SIMPSON POLL #2, JULY 1994. 2nd ICPSR version. New York, NY: CBS News [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06602.v2

2000-06-21 The variable "first name" was removed to further ensure the privacy of respondents.

1998-01-14 ICPSR created an appendix to the codebook to clarify codes for many of the standard demographic variables.

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