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Surveys on surveys: limitations and potentialities

Goyder, John·1986·Public Opinion Quarterly

Abstract

Data from two surveys on surveys in Waterloo, Ontario were used to assess attitudes toward the survey. Questions in the two surveys inquired into motives for refusing/consenting to interviews; attitudes toward past experience with surveys; likes/dislikes of form of contact, question format, and topic; perception of social pressure to respond to surveys; views on the social legitimacy of polling and on legislative controls for surveying. The surveys also collected response histories. Analysis of the attitudes began with a factor analysis of 12 items, which identified four factors descending from the general to the particular. It was found that attitudes are related to exposure to surveying, i.e., the more times a person reports requests for survey cooperation, the more unfavorable is his or her attitude toward the method. On the whole, however, the author finds that the evidence presented belies pessimistic views about surveys on surveys.

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Goyder, J.
Corresponding author
Goyder, John
Venue
Public Opinion Quarterly
Published
1986
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
27
ISSN
0033-362X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2132501348
Cited by
123
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Public Opinion Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Keywords
survey respondents, survey refusal, question format, Waterloo, Ontario

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