Affiliation, Urban Size, Urgency, and Cost of Responses to Lost Letters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Stephen Bridges (University of West Florida, corresponding author), Neil P Coady (University of West Florida) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 775-780 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.775 |
| OpenAlex | W2098752199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
A study using 420 “lost letters” was designed to test the hypothesis that returned responses would be larger from small towns than from suburbs or cities unless the addressee was affiliated with a nonpolitical group. Percent returns to control, Pesticide Action Network, Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project, Network for the Enforcement of Humane Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and the KlanWatch affiliates were 60.7%, 59.5%, 56.0%, 44.0%, and 36.9%, respectively. Responses from the city were generally fewer than those from suburbs except for Pesticide or Immigration Law affiliations. Urban responses were always fewer than those from small towns. Urgency and cost did not influence returns. The lost letter technique seems suitable as a research tool for inferring public opinion toward nonpolitical, emotionally subtle social issues
Action (physics · Business · Control (management · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Enforcement · Immigration · Law enforcement · Political science · Public opinion · Refugee · Test (biology · Ecology · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
Abortion Affiliation, Urban Size, and Geographic Bias of Responses to Lost Letters
Affiliation, Community Size, and Destination in Return of Lost Letters
Differences in Lost Letter and Postal Card Returns from Cities and Smaller Urban Communities
Affiliation, Community Size, and Person-Posittvtty Effect in Return of Lost Letters
Affiliation, Community Size, and Person-Positivity Effect in Return of Lost Letters
Abortion Affiliation, Urban Size, and Geographic Bias of Responses to Lost Letters
Modern sociological theory.
Urban Size Differences in Incidence of Altruistic Behavior
Opinions on Abortion as Measured by the Lost-Letter Technique
Urban Density and Altruism
"Comment on "A Failure to Validate the Lost Letter Technique
The Lost-Letter Technique
A Validation of the Lost-Letter Technique
Bystander intervention
Effects of Urban Size, Urgency, and Cost on Helpfulness
The Lost Letter Technique as a Measure of Community Attitudes Toward a Major Social Issue
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2000 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |