Research Methodology

The 2004 Pre-Election and Exit Polls: A total survey error analysis

Author: 
Weisberg, Herbert F.
Date: 
2005
Exit polls had more problems than pre-election polls in 2004.

Errors in measuring Vote Choice in the National Election Studies, 1952-99

Author: 
Wright, Gerald C.
Date: 
1993
The NES is victim to a substantial amount of pro-winner bias in subpresidential elections.

Exit Polls in the 1989 Virginia Gubernatorial Race: Where did they go wrong?

Author: 
Traugott, Michael W. and Vincent Price
Date: 
1992
Concludes that the 1989 Virginia gubernatorial race exit poll was wrong because it used face-to-face interviews.

Misreports of Vote Choice in the 1988 NES Senate Election Study

Author: 
Wright, Gerald C.
Date: 
1990 (Nov)
1988 NES Senate Election Study has systematic respondent overstatement of support for winners.

Reported Versus Actual Vote: There is a difference and it matters

Author: 
Wright, Gerald C.
Date: 
1992 (Feb)
Rebuts Gronke's criticisms in a 1990 article in Legislative Studies Quarterly, except he does not rebut Gronke's criticisms about exit polling

Evaluating Race-of-Interviewer Effects in a National Survey

Author: 
Schaeffer, Nora Cate
Date: 
1980 (May)
The race of an interviewer has an effect on the response, depending on the race of the respondent and the type of question asked.

The Effect of Question Wording on Public Support of Government Spending

Author: 
Rasinski, Kenneth
Date: 
1989
Issue labeling and enhancement can have a substantial effect on public support for some issues. In other words, question wording and word choice have a directional effect.

The Myth of the Vanishing Voter

Author: 
McDonald, Michael and Samuel Popkin
Date: 
2001
Voter turnout has actually not been in decline. This misperception exists because ineligible voter population has increased more quickly than voter population.

Horserace Polling and Survey Method Effects: An analysis of the 2000 campaign

Author: 
McDermott, Monika and Kathleen A. Frankovic
Date: 
2003
This study examines 2000 polling data and discovers that for the 2000 polls, placing the horse race question later in the survey (after "warm-up" questions) makes it less likely for voters to respond

Ecological inference in voting rights act disputes: Where are we now, and where do we want to be?

Author: 
Greiner, James
Date: 
2007
Current predominant ecological inference methods used in voting rights litigation, especially the two predominant methods, have shortcomings.
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