PADP 7110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American National Election Studies, Pew Research Center, American Community Survey

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 7110
• Professor: Abraham

Document Summary

Public opinion/election polls: how people feel about particular issues/voting behavior. Social science surveys: research in sociology, political science, public administration, etc. National survey of substance abuse treatment services (nssats) 2: costs > low cost, sampling issues > lacks generalizability & representation of the general public, response rate > varies (requires access to internet, turnaround time > quick, respondent issues > requires internet; requires motivation to access survey. Response rates: rr > the percentage of your subjects in your sample that respond to a question- naire/complete an interview, trends & causes. Declining due to: changing attitudes toward privacy & confidentiality, sales/marketing encroachment & countermeasures, decreased free time & civic engagement, changing demographics (single family, dual income, language barriers) Padp 7710 - research methods of public administration. Potential nonresponse due to: non-contact, inability to participate, refusal to participate (topic/issue interest, privacy, legitimacy, etc, improving response rates, decrease non-contact. Use multiple methods of contact: decrease inability to participate.