Analyzing the 2000 National Election Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Bowers ◽  
Nancy Burns ◽  
Michael J. Ensley ◽  
Donald R. Kinder
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
National Election ◽  
Survey Nonresponse ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Random Digit Dial ◽  
The Face ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Election Studies

In an earlier report, two of us (Bowers and Ensley, 2003, National Election Studies Technical Report, www.umich.edu/~nes) provided a general framework for understanding the particular strategy outlined by Fogarty et al. (in this issue). Fogarty et al.'s strategy is to make the face-to-face variables more like the random digit dial (RDD) telephone variables by trimming the ends in order to reduce the variance of the face-to-face (FTF) variables. Perhaps some scholars will want the FTF variables to look like the RDD variables, but that would be a fix for a specific research question. Given the significant differences in the representativeness of the samples, the processes of survey nonresponse, and the quality and character of the responses between data taken from a National Area Probability sample in person and data taken from an RDD telephone sample, research questions involving comparisons with other years in the 50-year time series will require different remedies.

Why Does the American National Election Study Overestimate Voter Turnout?

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Jackman ◽  
Bradley Spahn
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
National Election ◽  
Nonresponse Bias ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
American National Election Study ◽  
The Face ◽  
First Time

Surveys are a key tool for understanding political behavior, but they are subject to biases that render their estimates about the frequency of socially desirable behaviors inaccurate. For decades the American National Election Study (ANES) has overestimated voter turnout, though the causes of this persistent bias are poorly understood. The face-to-face component of the 2012 ANES produced a turnout estimate at least 13 points higher than the benchmark voting-eligible population turnout rate. We consider three explanations for this overestimate in the survey: nonresponse bias, over-reporting and the possibility that the ANES constitutes an inadvertent mobilization treatment. Analysis of turnout data supplied by voter file vendors allows the three phenomena to be measured for the first time in a single survey. We find that over-reporting is the largest contributor, responsible for six percentage points of the turnout overestimate, while nonresponse bias and mobilization account for an additional 4 and 3 percentage points, respectively.

Supporting the Use of Rudimentary Vocalizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Zubow ◽  
Richard Hurtig
Keyword(s):  
Rett Syndrome ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Multiple Modalities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Perceptual Judgments ◽  
The Face

Children with Rett Syndrome (RS) are reported to use multiple modalities to communicate although their intentionality is often questioned (Bartolotta, Zipp, Simpkins, & Glazewski, 2011; Hetzroni & Rubin, 2006; Sigafoos et al., 2000; Sigafoos, Woodyatt, Tuckeer, Roberts-Pennell, & Pittendreigh, 2000). This paper will present results of a study analyzing the unconventional vocalizations of a child with RS. The primary research question addresses the ability of familiar and unfamiliar listeners to interpret unconventional vocalizations as “yes” or “no” responses. This paper will also address the acoustic analysis and perceptual judgments of these vocalizations. Pre-recorded isolated vocalizations of “yes” and “no” were presented to 5 listeners (mother, father, 1 unfamiliar, and 2 familiar clinicians) and the listeners were asked to rate the vocalizations as either “yes” or “no.” The ratings were compared to the original identification made by the child's mother during the face-to-face interaction from which the samples were drawn. Findings of this study suggest, in this case, the child's vocalizations were intentional and could be interpreted by familiar and unfamiliar listeners as either “yes” or “no” without contextual or visual cues. The results suggest that communication partners should be trained to attend to eye-gaze and vocalizations to ensure the child's intended choice is accurately understood.

scholarly journals Marketing #WeTheNorth: Analyzing Fandom, Nationalism, and Brand Loyalty of the Toronto Raptors Basketball Team

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha C. Ricciuti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Social Media Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Negative Sentiment ◽  
Fan Engagement

Established as a successful marketing slogan during the 2014 NBA playoffs, the #WeTheNorth campaign became the face of branding for the Toronto Raptors franchise that enhanced brand loyalty and unified Canadian basketball fans. The following Major Research Project (MRP) explores two different research questions surrounding a social media analysis of the Toronto Raptors #WeTheNorth campaign. The first research question examines the Raptors’ fan perspective, and focuses on the connotative messages that are incorporated into the #WeTheNorth campaign to broaden the team’s message and re-vamp the team’s national identity. The second research question examines the organization’s perspective and focuses on how the Raptors brand utilizes sports nationalism in their social media efforts to support fan engagement. This paper also reinforces research from previous academic findings that include: nationalism, community, collective fandom, social media, semiotics, and branding. Using an analytics tool named Sysomos, a content analysis of the Raptors’ official Twitter account was conducted to gather primary research. One Hundred Tweets were gathered per research question, and then coded to provide insight regarding the #WeTheNorth campaign from the 2018/19 NBA regular season. Findings for the first research question reinforce national fandom, and the support fan unification via the use of the #WeTheNorth hashtag. In addition, over 35% of Tweets from fans included positive sentiment, compared to the 17% that had negative sentiment. Findings for the second research question focus on branding, semiotics, and fan engagement levels that the Toronto Raptors social media team tries to enforce. Results proved that over 60% of Tweets included some form of request for fan participation, with 17% of Tweets containing positive Tweet sentiment. Overall, as long as the #WeTheNorth campaign remains the Raptors’ primary marketing slogan the campaign should continue to reinforce national fandom and support positive online fan engagement.

scholarly journals ‘Virtually’ the same learning outcomes. A case study of a virtual client briefed communication project across borders

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-211
Author(s):  
Alexandre Duarte ◽  
Kirstie Riedl
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Virtual Client ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
The Face ◽  
Research Questions

As the world becomes increasingly more turbulent, complex and competitive, there has been an increased interest in creativity as the major force to prepare students for these demands. At the same time, digital native students today are used to working in an environment rich with instantly accessible information and knowledge, yet paradoxically students are less satisfied with their courses in the online environment.  Educators are thus challenged to use innovative methods to nurture creativity online as they would do in the face-to-face classroom. In 2010, six European universities created an international project, named Cross Border Brand Communication (CBBC) that has taken place every year since but in 2020 took place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  This article describes and analyzes the best practices resulting from this case and addresses the research questions as to whether the creative learning outcomes and teaching practices online are the same as face-to-face and to what extent are students satisfied with this learning environment.  Reflection on the project and case indicates that although learning outcomes online are “virtually” the same, the student experience is inferior to such face-to-face projects.  

scholarly journals Professional Formation and Identities of Online and Face-To-Face Students: Experiences about a Doctoral Program of Educational Research in Mexico

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 1347
Author(s):  
Leticia Nayeli Ramírez-Ramírez ◽  
Juan Manuel Fernández-Cárdenas
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
The Relationship

The present investigation focuses on understanding the experiences of professional training and identities that face-to-face and virtual doctoral students construct in a training program as educational researchers in Mexico. The relationship between experiences and emerging identities as researchers, academics and learners has not been an important focus in research on doctoral students. Similarly, virtual doctoral programs are scarcely offered in Mexico and their impact on the trajectory of doctoral students has been barely documented. The present research is positioned in the qualitative-phenomenological approach and is based on the conceptual referents of the sociocultural approach to identity in practice. The research questions guiding the analysis were the following: (a) How do the face-to-face and online doctoral students experience their doctoral career? (b) What strengths, opportunities, difficulties and threats do they experience? and (c) What identities do you create in your doctoral career?

Voter Turnout and the National Election Studies

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry C. Burden
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
National Election ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Bivariate Statistics ◽  
Question Wording ◽  
Linear Fashion ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
House Election ◽  
Election Studies

Though the overreporting of voter turnout in the National Election Study (NES) is widely known, this article shows that the problem has become increasingly severe. The gap between NES and official estimates of presidential election turnout has more than doubled in a nearly linear fashion, from 11 points in 1952 to 24 points in 1996. This occurred because official voter turnout fell steadily from 1960 onward, while NES turnout did not. In contrast, the bias in House election turnout is always smaller and has increased only marginally. Using simple bivariate statistics, I find that worsening presidential turnout estimates are the result mostly of declining response rates rather than instrumentation, question wording changes, or other factors. As more peripheral voters have eluded interviewers in recent years, the sample became more saturated with self-reported voters, thus inflating reported turnout.

Panel Effects in the American National Election Studies

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry M. Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
National Election ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Panel Attrition ◽  
Panel Conditioning ◽  
Panel Effects ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Election Studies

Parallel panel and fresh cross-section samples in recent National Election Study surveys provide valuable leverage for assessing the magnitude of biases in statistical analyses of survey data due to panel attrition and panel conditioning. My analyses employing a variety of typical regression models suggest that substantial panel biases are likely to be fairly rare in these data, even when panel and cross-section respondents have markedly different characteristics. However, two of the dependent variables considered here—campaign interest and turnout—do appear to be sufficiently sensitive to panel effects to warrant significant discounting or adjustment of panel data. I propose adjustments for panel effects in both cross-sectional and dynamic analyses, based upon variants of the “fractional pooling” (Bartels 1996) and “two-stage auxiliary instrumental variables” (Franklin 1990) methods.

scholarly journals Menelusuri Amalan Keagamaan dalam Kalangan Gelandangan Muslim

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
MD ZAWAWI ABU BAKAR ◽  
RAJWANI MD ZAIN ◽  
AZLIZAMANI ZUBIR@ SALIM
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Face ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The One

Homeless life is one of the social issues for the country including Malaysia. It can expose these group to many kinds of problem such as health, safety, welfare and so on. These article try to highlight the religiosity practice among homeless people. This aspect had been stressed out as research questions due to their difficulties of practicing worship. Hence, the qualitative research has been conducted in Penang, Malaysia involve 11 respondents among Muslims homeless. The face to face semi structure interviews method had been done by researchers using questionnaire contained the islamic religious practice. Besides, the focused group discussion (FGD) session had been done with six subject who involve directly with homeless issues. The raw data was manually analyzed using content analysis method and in order to search specific themes for answering research questions. The findings showed that the level aspect of religiosity practice among homeless people was in low level. This finding was almost matched with the result from the FGD that stated the home and hygine factors that lead to ignorance of religious practice. Therefore, this research suggest that religious aspect should be emphasized in order to help homeless people other than material assistance such as finance and food. The one stop centre such as ‘anjung singgah’ can help these homeless to proceed their duty as Muslims and their hygines. Other than that, there should be the religious people to give some Islamic interventions to them as well.  

scholarly journals A survey of distance learning in Morocco during COVID19

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1087
Author(s):  
Sara Ouahabi ◽  
Kamal El Guemmat ◽  
Mohamed Azouazi ◽  
Sanaa El Filali
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Shed Light

<p>The face-to-face mode is always considered as the normal mode of teaching, and distance education is often understood as a remedy for the lack of material and human resources necessary to conduct training; but to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19), the distance course system has been launched in different countries to ensure continuity of teaching during the period when courses are stopped. In order to shed light on the role of distance learning during the spread of the coronavirus and its effectiveness in successfully continuing the learning process, an investigation was carried out in the Moroccan context. This survey was launched as a questionnaire with 565 participants; they are students and teachers from primary, secondary, university and professional training. The objective is to answer several research questions concerning the current use of distance education during the COVID19 pandemic. The results of this survey are presented in this article as well as their analysis showing that solutions and alternatives must be adopted in order to improve the teaching and learning process in the event of a situation like COVID19.</p>

scholarly journals Marketing #WeTheNorth: Analyzing Fandom, Nationalism, and Brand Loyalty of the Toronto Raptors Basketball Team

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha C. Ricciuti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Social Media Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Negative Sentiment ◽  
Fan Engagement

Established as a successful marketing slogan during the 2014 NBA playoffs, the #WeTheNorth campaign became the face of branding for the Toronto Raptors franchise that enhanced brand loyalty and unified Canadian basketball fans. The following Major Research Project (MRP) explores two different research questions surrounding a social media analysis of the Toronto Raptors #WeTheNorth campaign. The first research question examines the Raptors’ fan perspective, and focuses on the connotative messages that are incorporated into the #WeTheNorth campaign to broaden the team’s message and re-vamp the team’s national identity. The second research question examines the organization’s perspective and focuses on how the Raptors brand utilizes sports nationalism in their social media efforts to support fan engagement. This paper also reinforces research from previous academic findings that include: nationalism, community, collective fandom, social media, semiotics, and branding. Using an analytics tool named Sysomos, a content analysis of the Raptors’ official Twitter account was conducted to gather primary research. One Hundred Tweets were gathered per research question, and then coded to provide insight regarding the #WeTheNorth campaign from the 2018/19 NBA regular season. Findings for the first research question reinforce national fandom, and the support fan unification via the use of the #WeTheNorth hashtag. In addition, over 35% of Tweets from fans included positive sentiment, compared to the 17% that had negative sentiment. Findings for the second research question focus on branding, semiotics, and fan engagement levels that the Toronto Raptors social media team tries to enforce. Results proved that over 60% of Tweets included some form of request for fan participation, with 17% of Tweets containing positive Tweet sentiment. Overall, as long as the #WeTheNorth campaign remains the Raptors’ primary marketing slogan the campaign should continue to reinforce national fandom and support positive online fan engagement.

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