Exploring survey repositories to analyze partisan? perceptions of reality / Ian G. Anson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anson, Ian G., author.

Series:

SAGE Research Methods. Cases.

SAGE Research Methods. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Platforms.

Political parties.

Two-party systems.

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Regression analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019.

Summary:

Do Republicans and Democrats agree about the state of the economy? In this chapter, I describe a research project which uses cross-sectional survey data to better understand the economic perceptions of political partisans. My research process began with a deep dive into public opinion repositories, as I sought to better understand the gaps between Republican? and Democrat? beliefs about economic reality. After collecting national surveys which captured both party identification and economic questions, I assessed basic patterns in partisan? biased beliefs about the economy. But in addition, this investigation also unveiled the existence of questions tapping partisan? justifications for their economic perception?a surprising and theoretically compelling resource. Based on the availability of these data, I proposed a new research question, a theory, and additional hypotheses. I relied on logistic regression methods to assess these hypotheses, using interaction terms to assess how partisanship and economic perceptions combine to affect partisan? justifications for their beliefs. In this case study, I explain how other researchers might use thorough searches of survey repositories to similarly drive the formulation of rarely explored quantitative research questions and hypotheses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5264-6671-6

9781526466716

OCLC:

1084515694