Allan L Mccutcheon
Biographic Data
| ID | 145904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan L Mccutcheon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccutcheon |
| SIGNATURE | MCCUTCHEON A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 194 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Who’s Calling? The Impact of Caller ID on Telephone Survey Response
The Gallup Organization conducted a caller ID randomized study with a pre-and postexperimental design to test the impact of different caller ID displays (names) on the response, contact, and cooperation rates for telephone surveys. This research focuses on the impact of caller ID listing on the frequency of final dialing dispositions. The authors find initial evidence for the hypothesis that the caller ID transmission works as a sort of “condense…
Satisficing Among Reluctant Respondents in a Cross-National Context
Higher response rates are commonly assumed to be associated with higher survey quality. Nevertheless, increasing response rates without attention to response quality may result in an increase of measurement error if it is associated with reluctance to participate in surveys. This article examines the nature of the relationship between reluctance and response quality. The question is studied in a cross-national context using data from the European…
Recruiting Probability Samples for a Multi-Mode Research Panel with Internet and Mail Components
Survey response rates have been declining over the past several decades, particularly for random-digit-dialing (RDD) telephone surveys (see de Leeuw and de Heer 2002; Steeh 1981). This trend affects research panels such as the Gallup Panel, which uses RDD methodology to recruit its members. If significant improvements in panel recruitment response rates are to be achieved, new approaches must be considered. This paper presents the findings of a m…
The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered
Journal Article The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered Get access Harold D. Clarke, Harold D. Clarke Address correspondence to Harold D. Clarke; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Allan L. McCutcheon Allan L. McCutcheon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 4, Winter 2009, Pages 704–728, http…
Applied Latent Class Analysis
Applied Latent Class Analysis
Applied Latent Class Analysis introduces several innovations in latent class analysis to a wider audience of researchers. Many of the world's leading innovators in the field of latent class analysis contributed essays to this volume, each presenting a key innovation to the basic latent class model and illustrating how it can prove useful in situations typically encountered in actual research.
Basic Concepts and Procedures in Single- and Multiple-Group Latent Class Analysis
Latent class analysis is frequently used when the researcher has a set of categorically scored observed measures that are highly interrelated. The latent class model (LCM) – which is often characterized as the categorical data analog to factor analysis – is most appropriately used when the observed indicator variables are associated because of some underlying unobserved factor rather than being causally related. For example, the correctness (inco…
Education and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime (1948-89) but have done relatively well since the Velvet Revolution. This phase change is consistent with transition theory and suggests that educated Czechs may be more supportive of the postcommunist reforms as a consequence. To test this hypothesis, the authors examined 11 national surveys (1990-98) of Czech respondents to determine if economic standing and other controls explained the r…
Education, Economic Experiences, Anxiety about and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime but have done relatively well since its fall. In eleven national surveys (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998) we examined whether Czech respondents' education was related to their economic experiences and attitudes toward the post-communist reforms, and whether these relations changed during the survey period. Educated respondents reported less economic strain and unemploy…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Cross-Level Inference
In the last few years, new disputes have erupted over the use of group averages from census areas or voting districts to draw inferences about individual social behaviour. Social scientists, policy analysts and historians often have little choice about using this kind of data, but statistical analysis of them is fraught with pitfalls. The recent debates have led to a new menu of choices for the applied researcher. This volume explains why older m…
Multiple Group Association Models with Latent Variables
This paper examines methods for integrating latent class models with association and conditional association models, including those in multiple groups. These methods are shown to be generalizable to a wide range of association models in which one or more variables is latent and shown to be especially well suited to modeling temporal changes (tends) in latent structures. Like the usual association model, association models with latent variables u…
Making the Break
This comparative analysis of the structure of Polish and American Catholic laities' attitudes towards legalized abortion focuses on the dimensions and factors which influence public opinion toward legalized abortion. Latent class models are used to analyze a set of six scenarios regarding approval/disapproval of legalized abortion; we find substantial similarity in the structure of the two publics' opinions; Catholics in Poland and the USA appear…
Loglinear Models with Latent Variables
Introduction The Loglinear Model The Latent Class Model Loglinear Modeling with Latent Variables Internalizing External Variables Causal Models with Latent Variables A Modified LISREL Approach Latent Variable Models for Longitudinal Data Problems and New Developments
Four on Methods from Sage
Latent Class Analysis of Anxiety and Depression
This article applies the technique of Latent Class Analysis to data on 41 symptoms of anxiety and depression from the Baltimore and Durham sites of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. An exploratory analysis on the Baltimore data fit three latent classes, which were then replicated on the Durham data. An analysis of Dysphoria and eight symptom groups related to depression revealed a close fit between the DSM-III configuration of Major Depre…
Denominations and Religious Intermarriage
Latent Class Analysis
Introduction The Logic of Latent Variables Latent Class Analysis Estimating Latent Categorical Variables Analyzing Scale Response Patterns Comparing Latent Structures Among Groups Conclusions
Sexual Morality, Pro-Life Values, and Attitudes toward Abortion
A simultaneous latent class analysis of survey data from 1978 and 1983 is used to clarify the current controversy over whether opposition to abortion reflects a conservative sexual morality or pro-life values. Results indicate that the 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' dichotomy represents an incomplete characterization of the American public-a third group, characterized by a conservative sexual morality and opposition to discretionary abortion, but no…
A Time of Turmoil
A Latent Class Analysis of Tolerance for Nonconformity in the American Public
Latent class analysis is used to examine the proposition that political ideology plays a role in the public's tolerance for nonconformity. Results from an analysis of a representative sample of adult Americans indicate that political tolerance is neither a simple dichotomy (i.e., tolerant vs. intolerant) nor a undimensional continuum. Support is found for a four-class model of political tolerance, in which one segment of the American mass public …
Objective quality of life indicators and the external validity of community research findings
Applied Latent Class Analysis
A Latent Class Analysis of Tolerance for Nonconformity in the American Public
Latent class analysis is used to examine the proposition that political ideology plays a role in the public's tolerance for nonconformity. Results from an analysis of a representative sample of adult Americans indicate that political tolerance is neither a simple dichotomy (i.e., tolerant vs. intolerant) nor a undimensional continuum. Support is found for a four-class model of political tolerance, in which one segment of the American mass public …
The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered
Journal Article The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered Get access Harold D. Clarke, Harold D. Clarke Address correspondence to Harold D. Clarke; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Allan L. McCutcheon Allan L. McCutcheon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 4, Winter 2009, Pages 704–728, http…
Satisficing Among Reluctant Respondents in a Cross-National Context
Higher response rates are commonly assumed to be associated with higher survey quality. Nevertheless, increasing response rates without attention to response quality may result in an increase of measurement error if it is associated with reluctance to participate in surveys. This article examines the nature of the relationship between reluctance and response quality. The question is studied in a cross-national context using data from the European…
Denominations and Religious Intermarriage
Recruiting Probability Samples for a Multi-Mode Research Panel with Internet and Mail Components
Survey response rates have been declining over the past several decades, particularly for random-digit-dialing (RDD) telephone surveys (see de Leeuw and de Heer 2002; Steeh 1981). This trend affects research panels such as the Gallup Panel, which uses RDD methodology to recruit its members. If significant improvements in panel recruitment response rates are to be achieved, new approaches must be considered. This paper presents the findings of a m…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Multiple Group Association Models with Latent Variables
This paper examines methods for integrating latent class models with association and conditional association models, including those in multiple groups. These methods are shown to be generalizable to a wide range of association models in which one or more variables is latent and shown to be especially well suited to modeling temporal changes (tends) in latent structures. Like the usual association model, association models with latent variables u…
Making the Break
This comparative analysis of the structure of Polish and American Catholic laities' attitudes towards legalized abortion focuses on the dimensions and factors which influence public opinion toward legalized abortion. Latent class models are used to analyze a set of six scenarios regarding approval/disapproval of legalized abortion; we find substantial similarity in the structure of the two publics' opinions; Catholics in Poland and the USA appear…
Sexual Morality, Pro-Life Values, and Attitudes toward Abortion
A simultaneous latent class analysis of survey data from 1978 and 1983 is used to clarify the current controversy over whether opposition to abortion reflects a conservative sexual morality or pro-life values. Results indicate that the 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' dichotomy represents an incomplete characterization of the American public-a third group, characterized by a conservative sexual morality and opposition to discretionary abortion, but no…
Objective quality of life indicators and the external validity of community research findings
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Cross-Level Inference
In the last few years, new disputes have erupted over the use of group averages from census areas or voting districts to draw inferences about individual social behaviour. Social scientists, policy analysts and historians often have little choice about using this kind of data, but statistical analysis of them is fraught with pitfalls. The recent debates have led to a new menu of choices for the applied researcher. This volume explains why older m…
Latent Class Analysis of Anxiety and Depression
This article applies the technique of Latent Class Analysis to data on 41 symptoms of anxiety and depression from the Baltimore and Durham sites of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. An exploratory analysis on the Baltimore data fit three latent classes, which were then replicated on the Durham data. An analysis of Dysphoria and eight symptom groups related to depression revealed a close fit between the DSM-III configuration of Major Depre…
Objective quality of life indicators and the external validity of community research findings
A Time of Turmoil
A Latent Class Analysis of Tolerance for Nonconformity in the American Public
Latent class analysis is used to examine the proposition that political ideology plays a role in the public's tolerance for nonconformity. Results from an analysis of a representative sample of adult Americans indicate that political tolerance is neither a simple dichotomy (i.e., tolerant vs. intolerant) nor a undimensional continuum. Support is found for a four-class model of political tolerance, in which one segment of the American mass public …
Latent Class Analysis
Introduction The Logic of Latent Variables Latent Class Analysis Estimating Latent Categorical Variables Analyzing Scale Response Patterns Comparing Latent Structures Among Groups Conclusions
Sexual Morality, Pro-Life Values, and Attitudes toward Abortion
A simultaneous latent class analysis of survey data from 1978 and 1983 is used to clarify the current controversy over whether opposition to abortion reflects a conservative sexual morality or pro-life values. Results indicate that the 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' dichotomy represents an incomplete characterization of the American public-a third group, characterized by a conservative sexual morality and opposition to discretionary abortion, but no…
Denominations and Religious Intermarriage
Latent Class Analysis of Anxiety and Depression
This article applies the technique of Latent Class Analysis to data on 41 symptoms of anxiety and depression from the Baltimore and Durham sites of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. An exploratory analysis on the Baltimore data fit three latent classes, which were then replicated on the Durham data. An analysis of Dysphoria and eight symptom groups related to depression revealed a close fit between the DSM-III configuration of Major Depre…
Four on Methods from Sage
Making the Break
This comparative analysis of the structure of Polish and American Catholic laities' attitudes towards legalized abortion focuses on the dimensions and factors which influence public opinion toward legalized abortion. Latent class models are used to analyze a set of six scenarios regarding approval/disapproval of legalized abortion; we find substantial similarity in the structure of the two publics' opinions; Catholics in Poland and the USA appear…
Loglinear Models with Latent Variables
Introduction The Loglinear Model The Latent Class Model Loglinear Modeling with Latent Variables Internalizing External Variables Causal Models with Latent Variables A Modified LISREL Approach Latent Variable Models for Longitudinal Data Problems and New Developments
Cross-Level Inference
In the last few years, new disputes have erupted over the use of group averages from census areas or voting districts to draw inferences about individual social behaviour. Social scientists, policy analysts and historians often have little choice about using this kind of data, but statistical analysis of them is fraught with pitfalls. The recent debates have led to a new menu of choices for the applied researcher. This volume explains why older m…
Multiple Group Association Models with Latent Variables
This paper examines methods for integrating latent class models with association and conditional association models, including those in multiple groups. These methods are shown to be generalizable to a wide range of association models in which one or more variables is latent and shown to be especially well suited to modeling temporal changes (tends) in latent structures. Like the usual association model, association models with latent variables u…
Gender Differences in Life Chances during the Post-Communist Transformation
Growing gender inequality has been forecasted for post-communist Europe. This study compares trends in women's and men's self-reported economic life chances (unemployment and economic security) as well as anti-democratic attitudes with eight national surveys (1990 through 1994) in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Neither a divergence nor convergence between the genders is found. However, the republics diverged on many of the same indicators, parti…
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics1
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992-1996, collected by the Sociology Institute of the now Czech Academy of Sciences. Net of controls, both Czech and Slovak rural respondents report more economic strain and unemployment, a difference…
Education, Economic Experiences, Anxiety about and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime but have done relatively well since its fall. In eleven national surveys (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998) we examined whether Czech respondents' education was related to their economic experiences and attitudes toward the post-communist reforms, and whether these relations changed during the survey period. Educated respondents reported less economic strain and unemploy…
Applied Latent Class Analysis
Applied Latent Class Analysis introduces several innovations in latent class analysis to a wider audience of researchers. Many of the world's leading innovators in the field of latent class analysis contributed essays to this volume, each presenting a key innovation to the basic latent class model and illustrating how it can prove useful in situations typically encountered in actual research.
Basic Concepts and Procedures in Single- and Multiple-Group Latent Class Analysis
Latent class analysis is frequently used when the researcher has a set of categorically scored observed measures that are highly interrelated. The latent class model (LCM) – which is often characterized as the categorical data analog to factor analysis – is most appropriately used when the observed indicator variables are associated because of some underlying unobserved factor rather than being causally related. For example, the correctness (inco…
Education and Support for the Czech Reforms
Educated Czechs fared poorly during the communist regime (1948-89) but have done relatively well since the Velvet Revolution. This phase change is consistent with transition theory and suggests that educated Czechs may be more supportive of the postcommunist reforms as a consequence. To test this hypothesis, the authors examined 11 national surveys (1990-98) of Czech respondents to determine if economic standing and other controls explained the r…
Applied Latent Class Analysis
The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered
Journal Article The Dynamics of Party Identification Reconsidered Get access Harold D. Clarke, Harold D. Clarke Address correspondence to Harold D. Clarke; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Allan L. McCutcheon Allan L. McCutcheon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 4, Winter 2009, Pages 704–728, http…
Who’s Calling? The Impact of Caller ID on Telephone Survey Response
The Gallup Organization conducted a caller ID randomized study with a pre-and postexperimental design to test the impact of different caller ID displays (names) on the response, contact, and cooperation rates for telephone surveys. This research focuses on the impact of caller ID listing on the frequency of final dialing dispositions. The authors find initial evidence for the hypothesis that the caller ID transmission works as a sort of “condense…
Satisficing Among Reluctant Respondents in a Cross-National Context
Higher response rates are commonly assumed to be associated with higher survey quality. Nevertheless, increasing response rates without attention to response quality may result in an increase of measurement error if it is associated with reluctance to participate in surveys. This article examines the nature of the relationship between reluctance and response quality. The question is studied in a cross-national context using data from the European…
Recruiting Probability Samples for a Multi-Mode Research Panel with Internet and Mail Components
Survey response rates have been declining over the past several decades, particularly for random-digit-dialing (RDD) telephone surveys (see de Leeuw and de Heer 2002; Steeh 1981). This trend affects research panels such as the Gallup Panel, which uses RDD methodology to recruit its members. If significant improvements in panel recruitment response rates are to be achieved, new approaches must be considered. This paper presents the findings of a m…
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