Liberal-Conservative Continua
A Comparison of Measures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3554189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Haltom (0000-0001-9149-578X, University of Puget Sound, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 387 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/448375 |
| OpenAlex | W4245952510, W1977933473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Q uality survey data require surveyors to ask the right questions of the right respondents. This requirement is particularly acute for preeminent data sets and templates for other research. The 1984 Ameri_ can National Election Study (ANES) supplemented an item used since 1972 with a new measure of ideological self-location. This paper compares responses to old and new questions and assesses the relative reliability and validity of variables derived from each question. It concludes that data from the traditional question exhibit far more construct validity than those from newer questions, with similar reliability. This conclusion holds for different strata of ideological sophistication. The traditional measure of ideology is better, especially when asked of more sophisticated respondents
Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Reliability and Validity Assessment
Correlative Characteristics of Levels of Conceptualization in The American Public 1956-1976
Levels of Conceptualization and Reliance on the Liberal-Conservative Continuum
Ideology in the 1980 Election
A Report
How Not to Lie with Statistics
The Origins and Meaning of Liberal/Conservative Self-Identifications
Measuring Political Sophistication
The Measurement of Public Opinion about Public Policy
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2019 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |