Michael Traugott
Biographic Data
| ID | 3976498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Traugott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Traugott |
| SIGNATURE | TRAUGOTT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9719-5059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Urbanisation and habitat shape resource-driven dietary shifts in wild birds
Urbanisation affects bird ecology and evolution through multiple pathways, including changes in habitat structure, temperature, pollution, and food availability. Among these, diet shifts likely play a central role, yet evidence on how adult birds adjust their diets across urban mosaics remains scarce. To address this gap, we investigated the year-round diet of two common songbirds—the great tit ( Parus major ) and the blue tit ( Cyanistes caerule…
Time-Varying Relationships Between the “Sentiment” of U.S. Public Opinion and News Media
Pollsters and journalists in the United States often make generalized statements about the state of the country, in particular, its “mood” or “sentiment.” The claims often rely on responses to survey questions asking about the state of the country. Little is known about the ebb and flow of this sentiment, however. This paper develops a measure of public sentiment, pooling results of thousands of polls between 2000 and 2021. It then develops an an…
Experimental Methods in Survey Research: Techniques that Combine Random Sampling with Random Assignment
Vignettes are short descriptions of real‐life situations that are employed in a survey to assess attitudes and intentions. In many studies, intentions are considered as approximations to actual behavior in real‐life situations. What different applications of vignettes have in common is the effort to adjust the vignettes to the reality of everyday life. Because of this closeness to reality, it is assumed that vignettes are less prone to socially d…
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know
Most recent American presidential elections have had reasonably close outcomes, and twice in the last five we have elected a president through the Electoral College who won only a minority of the popular vote. The 2016 campaign produced one of those results, where Hillary Clinton received almost three million more votes than Donald Trump, but he successfully negotiated the Electoral College with a 77-vote margin. If you are looking for the defini…
Presidential Polls and the News Media
The Sage Handbook of Public Opinion Research
Early Appraisals of Electronic Voting
With the recent troubles in U.S. elections, there has been a nationwide push to update voting systems. States and localities are investing heavily in electronic voting systems, many of which use a touch screen. These systems offer the promise of faster and more accurate voting; however, the current reality is that they have some shortcomings in terms of voter usability. This study examines issues related to the usability of electronic voting syst…
How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a group of social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) gathered to consider how they might employ their talents to help the country after the shocking events of that morning. The group included economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, demographers, and survey methodologists. Based upon their previous research experience, each of them proposed hypotheses on asp…
Presidential Address
Journal Article Presidential Address: Polling in the Public's Interest Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 64, Issue 3, November 2000, Pages 374–384, https://doi.org/10.1086/318002 Published: 01 November 2000
In Memoriam: Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999
Journal Article Obituary for Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999 Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 4, February 1999, Pages 590–591, https://doi.org/10.1086/297873 Published: 01 February 1999
Little White Lies and Social Science Models: Correlated Response Errors in a Panel Study of Voting
Journal Article LITTLE WHITE LIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE MODELS CORRELATED RESPONSE ERRORS IN A PANEL STUDY OF VOTING Get access STANLEY PRESSER, STANLEY PRESSER STANLEY PRESSER is professor of sociology and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, MICHAEL TRAUGOTT is program director in the Center for Political Studies and professor of communication at the University of Michigan. We acknowledge the helpful comments of th…
Campaigns for Campaigners: A Review Essay
Little White Lies and Social Science Models: Correlated Response Errors in a Panel Study of Voting
Journal Article LITTLE WHITE LIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE MODELS CORRELATED RESPONSE ERRORS IN A PANEL STUDY OF VOTING Get access STANLEY PRESSER, STANLEY PRESSER STANLEY PRESSER is professor of sociology and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, MICHAEL TRAUGOTT is program director in the Center for Political Studies and professor of communication at the University of Michigan. We acknowledge the helpful comments of th…
How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a group of social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) gathered to consider how they might employ their talents to help the country after the shocking events of that morning. The group included economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, demographers, and survey methodologists. Based upon their previous research experience, each of them proposed hypotheses on asp…
Early Appraisals of Electronic Voting
With the recent troubles in U.S. elections, there has been a nationwide push to update voting systems. States and localities are investing heavily in electronic voting systems, many of which use a touch screen. These systems offer the promise of faster and more accurate voting; however, the current reality is that they have some shortcomings in terms of voter usability. This study examines issues related to the usability of electronic voting syst…
Presidential Address
Journal Article Presidential Address: Polling in the Public's Interest Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 64, Issue 3, November 2000, Pages 374–384, https://doi.org/10.1086/318002 Published: 01 November 2000
Presidential Polls and the News Media
In Memoriam: Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999
Journal Article Obituary for Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999 Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 4, February 1999, Pages 590–591, https://doi.org/10.1086/297873 Published: 01 February 1999
Campaigns for Campaigners: A Review Essay
Little White Lies and Social Science Models: Correlated Response Errors in a Panel Study of Voting
Journal Article LITTLE WHITE LIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE MODELS CORRELATED RESPONSE ERRORS IN A PANEL STUDY OF VOTING Get access STANLEY PRESSER, STANLEY PRESSER STANLEY PRESSER is professor of sociology and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, MICHAEL TRAUGOTT is program director in the Center for Political Studies and professor of communication at the University of Michigan. We acknowledge the helpful comments of th…
In Memoriam: Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999
Journal Article Obituary for Warren E. Miller, 1924-1999 Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 63, Issue 4, February 1999, Pages 590–591, https://doi.org/10.1086/297873 Published: 01 February 1999
Presidential Address
Journal Article Presidential Address: Polling in the Public's Interest Get access MICHAEL TRAUGOTT MICHAEL TRAUGOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 64, Issue 3, November 2000, Pages 374–384, https://doi.org/10.1086/318002 Published: 01 November 2000
How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a group of social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) gathered to consider how they might employ their talents to help the country after the shocking events of that morning. The group included economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, demographers, and survey methodologists. Based upon their previous research experience, each of them proposed hypotheses on asp…
Early Appraisals of Electronic Voting
With the recent troubles in U.S. elections, there has been a nationwide push to update voting systems. States and localities are investing heavily in electronic voting systems, many of which use a touch screen. These systems offer the promise of faster and more accurate voting; however, the current reality is that they have some shortcomings in terms of voter usability. This study examines issues related to the usability of electronic voting syst…
The Sage Handbook of Public Opinion Research
Experimental Methods in Survey Research: Techniques that Combine Random Sampling with Random Assignment
Vignettes are short descriptions of real‐life situations that are employed in a survey to assess attitudes and intentions. In many studies, intentions are considered as approximations to actual behavior in real‐life situations. What different applications of vignettes have in common is the effort to adjust the vignettes to the reality of everyday life. Because of this closeness to reality, it is assumed that vignettes are less prone to socially d…
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know
Most recent American presidential elections have had reasonably close outcomes, and twice in the last five we have elected a president through the Electoral College who won only a minority of the popular vote. The 2016 campaign produced one of those results, where Hillary Clinton received almost three million more votes than Donald Trump, but he successfully negotiated the Electoral College with a 77-vote margin. If you are looking for the defini…
Presidential Polls and the News Media
Time-Varying Relationships Between the “Sentiment” of U.S. Public Opinion and News Media
Pollsters and journalists in the United States often make generalized statements about the state of the country, in particular, its “mood” or “sentiment.” The claims often rely on responses to survey questions asking about the state of the country. Little is known about the ebb and flow of this sentiment, however. This paper develops a measure of public sentiment, pooling results of thousands of polls between 2000 and 2021. It then develops an an…
Urbanisation and habitat shape resource-driven dietary shifts in wild birds
Urbanisation affects bird ecology and evolution through multiple pathways, including changes in habitat structure, temperature, pollution, and food availability. Among these, diet shifts likely play a central role, yet evidence on how adult birds adjust their diets across urban mosaics remains scarce. To address this gap, we investigated the year-round diet of two common songbirds—the great tit ( Parus major ) and the blue tit ( Cyanistes caerule…
Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Presidential system (3 works) · Computer security (2 works)