Patten Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patten Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patten |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Middle Alternatives Revisited: How the neither/nor Response Acts as a Way of Saying “I Don’t Know
A persistent problem in the design of bipolar attitude questions is whether or not to include a middle response alternative. On the one hand, it is reasonable to assume that people might hold opinions which are 'neutral' with regard to issues of public controversy. On the other, question designers suspect that offering a mid-point may attract respondents with no opinion, or those who lean to one side of an issue but do not wish to incur the cogni…
Fictitious Issues Revisited: Political Interest, Knowledge and the Generation of Nonattitudes
It has long been suspected that, when asked to provide opinions on matters of public policy, significant numbers of those surveyed do so with only the vaguest understanding of the issues in question. In this article, we present the results of a study which demonstrates that a significant minority of the British public are, in fact, willing to provide evaluations of non-existent policy issues. In contrast to previous American research, which has f…
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Young People's Attitudes to YTS: The first two years
Data from the Scottish Young Peoples Surveys are used to examine attitudes to YTS among two successive year groups of young people in Scotland. Many of those who had joined YTS said they did so to get jobs or because they did not have jobs. Those who had refused schemes or left them early offered a variety of reasons, although many said they had had jobs or other preferred alternatives to go to. In answer to general questions, young people expres…
An investigation of youths' attributions for unemployment and their political attitudes
Young blacks’ hostility to the police: An investigation into its causes
Alienated' black youth: An investigation of 'conventional wisdom' explanations
Middle Alternatives Revisited: How the neither/nor Response Acts as a Way of Saying “I Don’t Know
A persistent problem in the design of bipolar attitude questions is whether or not to include a middle response alternative. On the one hand, it is reasonable to assume that people might hold opinions which are 'neutral' with regard to issues of public controversy. On the other, question designers suspect that offering a mid-point may attract respondents with no opinion, or those who lean to one side of an issue but do not wish to incur the cogni…
Fictitious Issues Revisited: Political Interest, Knowledge and the Generation of Nonattitudes
It has long been suspected that, when asked to provide opinions on matters of public policy, significant numbers of those surveyed do so with only the vaguest understanding of the issues in question. In this article, we present the results of a study which demonstrates that a significant minority of the British public are, in fact, willing to provide evaluations of non-existent policy issues. In contrast to previous American research, which has f…
Young People's Attitudes to YTS: The first two years
Data from the Scottish Young Peoples Surveys are used to examine attitudes to YTS among two successive year groups of young people in Scotland. Many of those who had joined YTS said they did so to get jobs or because they did not have jobs. Those who had refused schemes or left them early offered a variety of reasons, although many said they had had jobs or other preferred alternatives to go to. In answer to general questions, young people expres…
An investigation of youths' attributions for unemployment and their political attitudes
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Young blacks’ hostility to the police: An investigation into its causes
Alienated' black youth: An investigation of 'conventional wisdom' explanations
Young blacks’ hostility to the police: An investigation into its causes
An investigation of youths' attributions for unemployment and their political attitudes
Young People's Attitudes to YTS: The first two years
Data from the Scottish Young Peoples Surveys are used to examine attitudes to YTS among two successive year groups of young people in Scotland. Many of those who had joined YTS said they did so to get jobs or because they did not have jobs. Those who had refused schemes or left them early offered a variety of reasons, although many said they had had jobs or other preferred alternatives to go to. In answer to general questions, young people expres…
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Fictitious Issues Revisited: Political Interest, Knowledge and the Generation of Nonattitudes
It has long been suspected that, when asked to provide opinions on matters of public policy, significant numbers of those surveyed do so with only the vaguest understanding of the issues in question. In this article, we present the results of a study which demonstrates that a significant minority of the British public are, in fact, willing to provide evaluations of non-existent policy issues. In contrast to previous American research, which has f…
Middle Alternatives Revisited: How the neither/nor Response Acts as a Way of Saying “I Don’t Know
A persistent problem in the design of bipolar attitude questions is whether or not to include a middle response alternative. On the one hand, it is reasonable to assume that people might hold opinions which are 'neutral' with regard to issues of public controversy. On the other, question designers suspect that offering a mid-point may attract respondents with no opinion, or those who lean to one side of an issue but do not wish to incur the cogni…
Psychology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)