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Introduction to Political Analysis Mini-Symposium on Advances in Survey Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2017

Lonna Rae Atkeson*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico, MSC05-3070, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
R. Michael Alvarez
Affiliation:
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
*
e-mail: atkeson@unm.edu (corresponding author)

Extract

Over the last decade the survey environment has been rapidly changing, creating new opportunities and new challenges for survey methodologists. These include: relatively low response among all contact modes and designs; the rapid replacement of landline telephones for mobile and smart phones; the integration of new and different types of data for sampling and new sampling methods; the use of different survey interview modes; how to study behaviors and opinions about sensitive topics; and the development of survey designs for experts and opinion leaders. All have implications for data quality and for our ability to consistently and reliably answer substantive and theoretical questions about politics and society.

Type
Symposium on Advances in Survey Methodology
Copyright
Copyright © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Political Methodology 

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