Jon Krosnick
Frederic O. Glover Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication and of Political Science, of Environmental Social Sciences and, by courtesy, of Psychology
Web page: http://communication.stanford.edu/faculty/krosnick.html
Bio
Jon Krosnick is a social psychologist who does research on attitude formation, change, and effects, on the psychology of political behavior, and on survey research methods. He is the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and (by courtesy) Psychology. At Stanford, in addition to his professorships, he directs the Political Psychology Research Group and has directed the Summer Institute in Political Psychology.
To read reports on Professor Krosnick’s research program exploring public opinion on the environment, visit the Public Opinion on Climate Change web site.
Research Interests
Author of seven published books and two forthcoming books and more than 190 articles and chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior, and (3) the optimal design of questionnaires used for laboratory experiments and surveys, and survey research methodology more generally.
His attitude research has focused primarily on the notion of attitude strength, seeking to differentiate attitudes that are firmly crystallized and powerfully influential of thinking and action from attitudes that are flexible and inconsequential. Many of his studies in this area have focused on the amount of personal importance that an individual chooses to attach to an attitude. Dr. Krosnick’s studies have illuminated the origins of attitude importance (e.g., material self-interest and values) and the cognitive and behavioral consequences of importance in regulating attitude impact and attitude change processes.
Honors
Winner of the American Association for Public Opinion Research’s Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding research, and the Nevitt Sanford Award from the International Society of Political Psychology, Dr. Krosnick’s scholarship has been recognized by election as a fellow by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Erik Erikson Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Field of Political Psychology from the International Society of Political Psychology, two fellowships at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize for Research in Social Psychology, and the American Political Science Association’s Best Paper Award.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Communication
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Professor, Political Science
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Professor, Environmental Social Sciences
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Professor (By courtesy), Psychology
Administrative Appointments
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Visiting Research Collaborator, Princeton University (2013 - 2014)
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Research Psychologist, Center for Survey Measurement, U.S. Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce (2010 - Present)
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Research Psychologist, Statistical Research Division, U.S. Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce (2009 - 2010)
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Research Professor, Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois (2006 - Present)
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Co-Principal Investigator, American National Election Studies (2005 - 2011)
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Frederic O. Glover Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University (2004 - Present)
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Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University (2004 - Present)
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Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2004 - Present)
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Professor, Department of Psychology (by courtesy), Stanford University (2004 - Present)
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Associate Director, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Stanford University (2004 - 2008)
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Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment (by courtesy), Stanford University (2008 - 2014)
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Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2005 - 2008)
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Director, Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences, Stanford University (2004 - 2007)
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Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University (2004 - 2006)
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Visiting Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Assistant to Associate to Full Professor, Departments of Psychology and Political Science, The Ohio State University (1986 - 2004)
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Adjunct Research Investigator, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1987 - 1989)
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Visiting Scholar, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1986 - 1987)
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Research Assistant, Center for Political Studies and Survey Research Center, Inst. for Social Research, U. of Michigan (1982 - 1985)
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Senior Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Harvard University (1980 - 1981)
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Senior Research Assistant, Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Harvard University (1979 - 1981)
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California (1996 - 1997)
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Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association (1998 - 1998)
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Elected Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (1998 - 1998)
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Elected Fellow, American Psychological Society (1998 - 1998)
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Appointed University Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (2001 - Present)
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Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009 - 2009)
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Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010 - 2010)
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California (2013 - 2014)
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Graduate Training Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health (1982 - 1982)
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Graduate Training Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health (1984 - 1984)
Honors & Awards
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Science Award, Bausch and Lomb (1976)
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Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize for Research in Social Psychology, University of Michigan (1984)
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Student Paper Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research (1984)
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Pi Sigma Alpha Award, Best Paper Presented at the 1983 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (1984)
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Elected Departmental Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan (1984)
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Brittingham Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin (1993)
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Erik H. Erikson Early Career Award, International Society of Political Psychology (1995)
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Prize for the Best Paper Presented at the 2002, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2003)
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The AAPOR Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research (2014)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Editorial Board Member, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1989 - 2000)
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Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (1990 - 1994)
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Editorial Board Member, Basic and Applied Social Psychology (1997 - 2003)
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Editorial Board Member, Public Opinion Quarterly (1988 - 1991)
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Editorial Board Member, Public Opinion Quarterly (1994 - 2002)
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Editorial Board Member, Media Psychology (1998 - 2005)
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Editorial Board Member, Sociological Methodology (2006 - 2008)
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Editorial Board Member, Pathways (2008)
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Editorial Board Member, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (2012)
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Chair, Student Paper Competition Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research (1989 - 1990)
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Member, Planning Committee for the 1990 National Election Study (1990 - 1990)
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Member, Student Paper Competition Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research (1994 - 1994)
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Member, National Science Foundation Special Grant Proposal Evaluation Panel on Valuation for Environmental Policy (1995 - 1995)
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Member, Student Paper Competition Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research (1996 - 1996)
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Member, Planning Committee for the 1996 National Election Study (1996 - 1996)
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Member, Planning Committee for the 1998 National Election Pilot Study (1998 - 1998)
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Senior Research Advisor, The Gallup Organization (1999 - 1999)
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Member, Board of Overseers, National Election Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1997 - 2006)
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Member, Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology (2000 - 2003)
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Member, Conference Committee, International Society of Political Psychology (2000 - 2003)
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Member, Survey Methodology Group of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (2000 - 2002)
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Member, Board of Overseers, General Social Survey, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago (2000 - 2008)
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Member, Advisory Board of the Canadian Election Study, McGill University, U. of Montreal, and U. of Toronto (2001 - 2001)
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Associate Conference Chair, American Association for Public Opinion Research (2001 - 2002)
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Conference Chair, American Association for Public Opinion Research (2002 - 2003)
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Chair, Committee to Award the Erik H. Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Field of Political Psychology, International Society of Political Psychology (2001 - 2002)
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Member, Visiting Committee to Evaluate a Proposed PhD. Program in Survey Research and Methodology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (2001 - 2001)
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Member, Advisory Panel, Special Competition to Fund Research on Survey and Statistical Methodology; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Program, National Science Foundation (2002 - 2002)
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Member, Advisory Board of the Canadian Election Study, McGill University, U. of Montreal, and U. of Toronto (2003 - 2003)
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Member, Advisory Com.for the Div. of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Polimetrix, Palo Alto, California (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Philip E. Converse Book Award Committee, American Political Science Association (2005 - 2005)
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Member, Nominating committee, International Society for Political Psychology (2005 - 2005)
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Member, Working Group on Public Attitudes and Ethical Issues, Global Roundtable on Climate Change, Earth Institute, Columbia University (2005 - 2005)
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Dissertation committee member, William M. van der Veld, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam (2006 - 2006)
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Associated Scientist, Statistics and Methodology Department, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (2007 - 2007)
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Member, Advisory Board, Book Series on Political Psychology, Oxford University Press (2007)
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Member, International Advisory Board, Measurement and Experiments in the Social Sciences, Institute for Data Collection and Research, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands (2007)
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Member, Board of Directors, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey, and Palo Alto, California (2008 - 2012)
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Member, AAPOR Opt-in Panel Online Panel Task Force (2009 - 2010)
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Chair, Committee to Conduct a Site Visit Review of the General Social Survey for the National Science Foundation (2011 - 2011)
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Member, Advisory Committee for the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (2011 - Present)
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Member, Policy Impact Award Committee, American Association for Public Opinion Research (2012 - 2012)
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Member, Advisory Committee on Study to Evaluate the Impact of Survey Response Rates, Pew Researcher Center, Washington, DC (2012 - 2012)
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Member, Advisory Board, Voice of the People (2012)
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Chair, Subcommittee on the Future of Survey Research, National Science Foundation (2012 - 2012)
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Chair, Advisory Committee for the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (2012 - 2012)
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Member, Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology (2013 - 2014)
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Member, Subcommittee on Replication in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Research, National Science Foundation (2012 - 2013)
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Member, Advisory Committee for the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (2012 - 2013)
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Faculty Advisor, Social Psychology Colloquium Series, Ohio State University (1985 - 1996)
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Faculty Advisor, Social Psychology Colloquium Series, Ohio State University (2001 - 2003)
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Chair, Social Psychology Area Admissions Committee, Ohio State University (1985 - 1990)
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Member, Psychology Department Admissions Committee, Ohio State University (1985 - 1990)
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Member, Psychology Department Stipends Committee, Ohio State University (1986 - 1987)
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Member, Lazenby Equipment Committee, Ohio State University (1986 - 1988)
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Member, Social Psychology Area Search Committee for Two Permanent Senior Faculty Members, Ohio State University (1986 - 1987)
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Member, Social Psychology Area Search Committee for Junior Faculty Member, Ohio State University (1988 - 1989)
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Member, Search Committee for Junior Faculty Member in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Ohio State University (1990 - 1991)
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Co-Coordinator, Political Psychology Minor Program Steering Committee, Political Science Department, Ohio State University (1989 - 1994)
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Member, Psychology Department Speakers Committee, Ohio State University (1989 - 1996)
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Member, Psychology Department Speakers Committee, Ohio State University (1999 - 2003)
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Member, Psychology Department Subject Pool Supervisory Committee, Ohio State University (1990 - 1996)
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Chair, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Survey Research Advisory Committee, Ohio State University (1995 - 1996)
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Member, Political Science Department Search Committee, Ohio State University (1995 - 1996)
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Member, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Center for Survey Research Advisory Committee, Ohio State University (1997 - 2003)
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Chair, Social Psychology Senior Faculty Search Committee, Ohio State University (2000 - 2000)
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Member, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Oversight Committee for the Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University (2000 - 2000)
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Member, Psychology Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, Ohio State University (2001 - 2003)
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Chair, Social Psychology Junior Faculty Search Committee, Ohio State University (2001 - 2002)
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Faculty advisor, Summer Research Opportunity Program, Committee on Instructional Cooperation (CIC), Ohio State University (2002 - 2002)
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Member, Planning Committee for the Social Science Research Institute, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Member, Steering Committee for the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Faculty Affiliate, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University (2004)
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Member, Grant proposal review committee, Environmental Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program, Stanford Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2004 - 2004)
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Member, Planning Committee for the Stanford Center on Longevity, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Member, Faculty Leadership Committee, Stanford Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2005 - 2008)
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Member, Grant proposal review committee, Environmental Venture Grants Program, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2006 - 2006)
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Co-chair, Grant proposal review committee, Environmental Venture Grants Program, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2007 - 2007)
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Member, Grant proposal review committee, Environmental Venture Grants Program, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2012)
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Member, Course Evaluation Committee, Stanford University (2012 - Present)
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Member, Provost’s Advisory Committee on Postdoctoral Affairs, Stanford University (2012 - 2013)
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Member, Evaluation committee for applicants to the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources, Stanford University (2012 - 2012)
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Member, Evaluation committee for applicants to the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources, Stanford University (2013 - 2013)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Social Psychology Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Social Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Social Cognition
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Basic and Applied Social Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Review
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Bulletin
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Science
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Assessment
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Review
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychology and Aging
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Political Science Review
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Politics Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Western Political Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Political Research Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Political Behavior
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Politics
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Political Analysis
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Southeastern Political Review
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Public Opinion Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Public Opinion Research
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Political Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Political Communication
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Studies Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Sociological Review
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sociological Methods and Research
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sociological Methodology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Social Science Quarterly
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Official Statistics
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American Statistical Association
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Economic Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Communication Research
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Consumer Research
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Research in Personality
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Developmental Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Motivation and Emotion
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychophysiology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Climatic Change
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Climate Change Letters
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Review of Policy Research
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Communication Methods and Measures
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Preventive Medicine
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, New Jersey Medicine
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academic Press
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Praeger Publishers
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Harper and Row Publishers
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, MacMillan Publishing Company
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cambridge University Press
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Oxford University Press
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, W. W. Norton
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, W. H. Freeman
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Academy of Sciences
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation - Social Psychology Program
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation - Sociology Program
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation - Political Science Program
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation - Program in Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics in the Social Sciences
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Society for Consumer Psychology
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Psychological Association
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Michigan, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Minnesota, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Southern California, Department of Psychology (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Texas – Austin, Department of Communication Studies (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, London School of Economics and Political Science, Methodology Institute (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Nebraska, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Nebraska, Department of Psychology (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Iowa State University, Department of Psychology (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Ohio State University, University Libraries (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Florida, Department of Psychology (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Columbia University, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, American University, School of Public Affairs (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Center for Advanced Study in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Mannheim, School of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science (P&T)
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Division of Social Sciences
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia
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Ad Hoc Reviewer, Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders, Brussels, Belgium
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, Social Psychology (1986)
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M.A., University of Michigan, Social Psychology (1983)
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A.B., Harvard University, Psychology (1980)
2024-25 Courses
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Independent Studies (11)
- Advanced Individual Work
COMM 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading and Research in American Politics
POLISCI 229 (Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in American Politics
POLISCI 329 (Spr) - Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Thesis
COMM 195 (Win, Spr) - Individual Work
COMM 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Work
COMM 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Major Capstone Research
COMM 199C (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Media Studies M.A. Project
COMM 290 (Win, Spr) - Special Laboratory Projects
PSYCH 195 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Advanced Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology
COMM 308, POLISCI 321, PSYCH 284 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Quantitative Social Science Research Methods
COMM 318 (Spr) - Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives
COMM 339, POLISCI 421K, PSYCH 231, PUBLPOL 339 (Aut) - The Past and Present of Survey Research in America: Controversies, Drama, and Successful Science
MLA 380 (Spr) - The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America
COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 124L, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164 (Win)
2022-23 Courses
- Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology
COMM 308, POLISCI 321, PSYCH 284 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Quantitative Social Science Research Methods
COMM 318 (Spr) - Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives
COMM 339, POLISCI 421K, PSYCH 231, PUBLPOL 339 (Aut) - The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America
COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 124L, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164 (Win, Sum)
2021-22 Courses
- Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology
COMM 308, POLISCI 321, PSYCH 284 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Quantitative Social Science Research Methods
COMM 318 (Spr) - Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives
COMM 339, POLISCI 421K, PSYCH 231 (Aut) - The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America
COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 124L, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164 (Win)
- Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology
All Publications
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Resistance to purchasing all-electric vehicles: Evidence from a national survey
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2023; 91
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102114
View details for Web of Science ID 001078135800001
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Americans' Attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act: What Role Do Beliefs Play?
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
2022; 700 (1): 41-54
View details for DOI 10.1177/00027162221098020
View details for Web of Science ID 000791952600003
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Lack of Replication or Generalization? Cultural Values Explain a Question Wording Effect
JOURNAL OF SURVEY STATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY
2021
View details for DOI 10.1093/jssam/smab007
View details for Web of Science ID 000792274000001
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Public opinion on climate change in the USA: to what extent can it be nudged by questionnaire design features?
CLIMATIC CHANGE
2021; 167 (3-4)
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10584-021-03194-x
View details for Web of Science ID 000684214700001
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Candidate name order effects in New Hampshire: Evidence from primaries and from general elections with party column ballots.
PloS one
2021; 16 (3): e0248049
Abstract
Research in a few U.S. states has shown that candidates listed first on ballots gain extra votes as a result. This study explored name order effects for the first time in New Hampshire, where such effects might be weak or entirely absent because of high political engagement and the use of party column ballots. In general elections (in 2012 and 2016) for federal offices and the governorship and in primaries (in 2000, 2002, and 2004), evidence of primacy effects appeared in 86% of the 84 tests, including the 2016 presidential race, when Donald Trump gained 1.7 percentage points from first listing, and Hillary Clinton gained 1.5 percentage points. Consistent with theoretical predictions, primacy effects were larger in primaries and for major-party candidates in general elections than for non-major-party candidates in general elections, more pronounced in less publicized contests, and stronger in contests without an incumbent running. All of this constitutes evidence of the reliability and generalizability of evidence on candidate name order effects and their moderators.
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0248049
View details for PubMedID 33725009
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The Turnout Gap in Surveys: Explanations and Solutions
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
2020; 49 (4): 1133–62
View details for DOI 10.1177/0049124118769085
View details for Web of Science ID 000591203300009
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Generalization of Classic Question Order Effects Across Cultures
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
2020; 49 (3): 567–602
View details for DOI 10.1177/0049124117747304
View details for Web of Science ID 000548592300001
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A REVIEW OF CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON PROBABILITY AND NONPROBABILITY SAMPLE SURVEY RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF SURVEY STATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY
2020; 8 (1): 4–36
View details for DOI 10.1093/jssam/smz041
View details for Web of Science ID 000529830900003
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RELATIONS BETWEEN VARIABLES AND TRENDS OVER TIME IN RDD TELEPHONE AND NONPROBABILITY SAMPLE INTERNET SURVEYS
JOURNAL OF SURVEY STATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY
2020; 8 (1): 37–61
View details for DOI 10.1093/jssam/smz059
View details for Web of Science ID 000529830900004
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Moderation of Classic Social Psychological Effects by Demographics in the US Adult Population: New Opportunities for Theoretical Advancement
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2019; 117 (6): E84–E99
Abstract
For decades, social psychologists have collected data primarily from college undergraduates and, recently, from haphazard samples of adults. Yet researchers have routinely presumed that thus observed treatment effects characterize "people" in general. Tests of seven highly cited social psychological phenomena (two involving opinion change resulting from social influence and five involving the use of heuristics in social judgments) using data collected from randomly sampled, representative groups of American adults documented generalizability of the six phenomena that have been replicated previously with undergraduate samples. The 1 phenomenon (a cross-over interaction revealing an ease of retrieval effect) that has not been replicated successfully previously in undergraduate samples was also not observed here. However, the observed effect sizes for the replicated phenomena were notably smaller on average than the meta-analytic effect sizes documented by past studies of college students. Furthermore, the phenomena were strongest among participants with the demographic characteristics of the college students who typically provided data for past published studies, even after correcting for publication bias in past studies using a new method, called the behaviorally-informed file-drawer adjustment. The six successful replications suggest that phenomena identified in traditional laboratory research also appear as expected in representative samples but more weakly, so observed effect sizes should be generalized with caution. The evidence of demographic moderators suggests interesting opportunities for future research to better understand the mechanisms of the effects and their limiting conditions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
View details for DOI 10.1037/pspa0000171
View details for Web of Science ID 000496714600001
View details for PubMedID 31464480
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Acknowledging uncertainty impacts public acceptance of climate scientists' predictions
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
2019; 9 (11): 863-+
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41558-019-0587-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000493735100020
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The Impact of Social Desirability Pressures on Whites' Endorsement of Racial Stereotypes: A Comparison Between Oral and ACASI Reports in a National Survey
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
2019
View details for DOI 10.1177/0049124119875959
View details for Web of Science ID 000489418100001
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Middle alternatives and measurement validity: a recommendation for survey researchers
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2019
View details for DOI 10.1080/13645579.2019.1645384
View details for Web of Science ID 000478153700001
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Perception of public opinion on global warming and the role of opinion deviance
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2019; 63: 118–29
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.04.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000473377300014
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Race of Interviewer Effects in Telephone Surveys Preceding the 2008 US Presidential Election
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH
2019; 31 (2): 220–42
View details for DOI 10.1093/ijpor/edy005
View details for Web of Science ID 000481425700002
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THE MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDES
ROUTLEDGE. 2019: 45–105
View details for Web of Science ID 000461333400002
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A Social Psychological Model of Scientific Practices: Explaining Research Practices and Outlining the Potential for Successful Reforms.
Psychologica Belgica
2019; 59 (1): 353–72
Abstract
A crescendo of incidents have raised concerns about whether scientific practices in psychology may be suboptimal, sometimes leading to the publication, dissemination, and application of unreliable or misinterpreted findings. Psychology has been a leader in identifying possibly suboptimal practices and proposing reforms that might enhance the efficiency of the scientific process and the publication of robust evidence and interpretations. To help shape future efforts, this paper offers a model of the psychological and socio-structural forces and processes that may influence scientists' practices. The model identifies practices targeted by interventions and reforms, and which practices remain unaddressed. The model also suggests directions for empirical research to assess how best to enhance the effectiveness of psychological inquiry.
View details for DOI 10.5334/pb.496
View details for PubMedID 31565236
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC6743032
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The Accuracy of Measurements with Probability and Nonprobability Survey Samples: Replication and Extension
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2018; 82 (4): 707–44
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfy038
View details for Web of Science ID 000462590000005
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Racial Attitudes Predicted Changes in Ostensibly Race-Neutral Political Attitudes Under the Obama Administration
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
2017; 38 (2): 313-330
View details for DOI 10.1111/pops.12315
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Attitude Strength.
Annual review of psychology
2017; 68: 327-351
Abstract
Attitude strength has been the focus of a huge volume of research in psychology and related sciences for decades. The insights offered by this literature have tremendous value for understanding attitude functioning and structure and for the effective application of the attitude concept in applied settings. This is the first Annual Review of Psychology article on the topic, and it offers a review of theory and evidence regarding one of the most researched strength-related attitude features: attitude importance. Personal importance is attached to an attitude when the attitude is perceived to be relevant to self-interest, social identification with reference groups or reference individuals, and values. Attaching personal importance to an attitude causes crystallizing of attitudes (via enhanced resistance to change), effortful gathering and processing of relevant information, accumulation of a large store of well-organized relevant information in long-term memory, enhanced attitude extremity and accessibility, enhanced attitude impact on the regulation of interpersonal attraction, energizing of emotional reactions, and enhanced impact of attitudes on behavioral intentions and action. Thus, important attitudes are real and consequential psychological forces, and their study offers opportunities for addressing behavioral change.
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033600
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GENSI: A new graphical tool to collect ego-centered network data
SOCIAL NETWORKS
2017; 48: 36-45
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.socnet.2016.07.007
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Contingent valuation: Flawed logic?-Response.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
2017; 357 (6349): 363–64
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Perceptions of health risks of cigarette smoking: A new measure reveals widespread misunderstanding.
PloS one
2017; 12 (8): e0182063
Abstract
Most Americans recognize that smoking causes serious diseases, yet many Americans continue to smoke. One possible explanation for this paradox is that perhaps Americans do not accurately perceive the extent to which smoking increases the probability of adverse health outcomes. This paper examines the accuracy of Americans' perceptions of the absolute risk, attributable risk, and relative risk of lung cancer, and assesses which of these beliefs drive Americans' smoking behavior. Using data from three national surveys, statistical analyses were performed by comparing means, medians, and distributions, and by employing Generalized Additive Models. Perceptions of relative risk were associated as expected with smoking onset and smoking cessation, whereas perceptions of absolute risk and attributable risk were not. Additionally, the relation of relative risk with smoking status was stronger among people who held their risk perceptions with more certainty. Most current smokers, former smokers, and never-smokers considerably underestimated the relative risk of smoking. If, as this paper suggests, people naturally think about the health consequences of smoking in terms of relative risk, smoking rates might be reduced if public understanding of the relative risks of smoking were more accurate and people held those beliefs with more confidence.
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MEASURING VOTER REGISTRATION AND TURNOUT IN SURVEYS DO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS YIELD MORE ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS?
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2016; 80 (3): 597-621
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfw021
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On the adequacy of scope test results: Comments on Desvousges, Mathews, and Train
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
2016; 130: 356-360
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.05.022
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What motivates a conspiracy theory? Birther beliefs, partisanship, liberal-conservative ideology, and anti-Black attitudes
ELECTORAL STUDIES
2015; 40: 482-489
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.electstud.2014.09.009
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Moderators of Candidate Name-Order Effects in Elections: An Experiment
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
2015; 36 (5): 525-542
View details for DOI 10.1111/pops.12178
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Misinformed About the Affordable Care Act? Leveraging Certainty to Assess the Prevalence of Misperceptions
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
2015; 65 (4): 660-673
View details for DOI 10.1111/jcom.12165
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The American public's preference for preparation for the possible effects of global warming: impact of communication strategies
CLIMATIC CHANGE
2015; 128 (1-2): 17-33
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10584-014-1286-x
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Fox and Not-Fox Television News Impact on Opinions on Global Warming Selective Exposure, Not Motivated Reasoning
ROUTLEDGE. 2015: 75-90
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The impact of candidate name order on election outcomes in North Dakota
ELECTORAL STUDIES
2014; 35: 115-122
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.electstud.2014.04.018
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PREVALENCE AND MODERATORS OF THE CANDIDATE NAME-ORDER EFFECT EVIDENCE FROM STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2014; 78 (2): 416-439
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfu013
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PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDING OF POLITICAL FACTS: HOW QUESTION WORDING AFFECTED ESTIMATES OF PARTISAN DIFFERENCES IN BIRTHERISM
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2014; 78 (1): 147-165
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nft080
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Choosing the Number of Categories in Agree-Disagree Scales
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
2014; 43 (1): 73-97
View details for DOI 10.1177/0049124113509605
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- Introduction to Part IV Online panel research: A data quality perspective edited by Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Göritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons. 2014
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Survey Research
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY, SECOND EDITION
2014: 404-442
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A critical review of studies investigating the quality of data obtained with online panels based on probability and nonprobability samples
ONLINE PANEL RESEARCH: A DATA QUALITY PERSPECTIVE
2014: 23-53
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Online Panel Research A Data Quality Perspective Introduction to Part I
ONLINE PANEL RESEARCH: A DATA QUALITY PERSPECTIVE
2014: 56-60
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Online panel research History, concepts, applications and a look at the future
ONLINE PANEL RESEARCH: A DATA QUALITY PERSPECTIVE
2014: 1-22
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Online Panel Research A Data Quality Perspective Introduction to Part V
ONLINE PANEL RESEARCH: A DATA QUALITY PERSPECTIVE
2014: 312
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Answering Questions A Comparison of Survey Satisficing and Mindlessness
WILEY BLACKWELL HANDBOOK OF MINDFULNESS, VOLS I AND II
2014: 312-327
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- Online panel research: A data quality perspective edited by Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Göritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J. 2014
- A comparison of mindless and survey satisficing The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness edited by Ie, A., Ngnoumen, C. T., Langer, E. J. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons. 2014
- The impact of candidate name order on election outcomes in North Dakota Electoral Studies 2014; 35: 115-122
- A critical review of studies investigating the quality of data obtained with online panels Online panel research: A data quality perspective edited by Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Göritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons. 2014
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ATTITUDES TOWARD BLACKS IN THE OBAMA ERA CHANGING DISTRIBUTIONS AND IMPACTS ON JOB APPROVAL AND ELECTORAL CHOICE, 2008-2012
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2014; 78: 276-302
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfu012
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- Public misunderstanding of political facts: How question wording affected estimates of partisan differences in birtherism Public Opinion Quarterly 2014; 78: 147-165
- The impact of the Gulf War on the ingredients of presidential evaluations: Multidimensional effects of political involvement Methodological Innovations in Social Psychology edited by Reis, H. T. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2014: 963–975
- Survey research Handbook of research methods in social psychology edited by Reis, H. T., Judd, C. M. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2014; Second
- Introduction to Part I. Online panel research: A data quality perspective edited by Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Göritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons. 2014
- Online panel research: History, concepts, applications, and a look at the future Online panel research: A data quality perspective edited by Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Göritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons. 2014
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Does the American Public Support Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
DAEDALUS
2013; 142 (1): 26-39
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- Attitude strength: One construct or many related constructs? Social Cognition edited by Fiske, S. T. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2013
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A NEW QUESTION SEQUENCE TO MEASURE VOTER TURNOUT IN TELEPHONE SURVEYS RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN THE 2006 ANES PILOT STUDY
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2013; 77: 106-123
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfs061
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Complete anonymity compromises the accuracy of self-reports
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2012; 48 (6): 1291-1299
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.07.002
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Improving ability measurement in surveys by following the principles of IRT: The Wordsum vocabulary test in the General Social Survey
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
2012; 41 (5): 1003-1016
Abstract
Survey researchers often administer batteries of questions to measure respondents' abilities, but these batteries are not always designed in keeping with the principles of optimal test construction. This paper illustrates one instance in which following these principles can improve a measurement tool used widely in the social and behavioral sciences: the GSS's vocabulary test called "Wordsum". This ten-item test is composed of very difficult items and very easy items, and item response theory (IRT) suggests that the omission of moderately difficult items is likely to have handicapped Wordsum's effectiveness. Analyses of data from national samples of thousands of American adults show that after adding four moderately difficult items to create a 14-item battery, "Wordsumplus" (1) outperformed the original battery in terms of quality indicators suggested by classical test theory; (2) reduced the standard error of IRT ability estimates in the middle of the latent ability dimension; and (3) exhibited higher concurrent validity. These findings show how to improve Wordsum and suggest that analysts should use a score based on all 14 items instead of using the summary score provided by the GSS, which is based on only the original 10 items. These results also show more generally how surveys measuring abilities (and other constructs) can benefit from careful application of insights from the contemporary educational testing literature.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.007
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Does Mentioning "Some People" and "Other People" in an Opinion Question Improve Measurement Quality?
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2012; 76 (1): 131-141
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfr066
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- Public opinion on environmental policy in the United States Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy edited by Kraft, M., Kamieniecki, S. New York: Oxford University Press. 2012
- The development of attitude strength over the life cycle: Surge and decline The psychology of attitudes: Key readings edited by Haddock, G., Madio, G. R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2012
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Does Mentioning "Some People" and "Other People" in a Survey Question Increase the Accuracy of Adolescents' Self-Reports?
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2011; 47 (6): 1674-1679
Abstract
A great deal of developmental research has relied on self-reports solicited using the "some/other" question format ("Some students think that… but other students think that…"). This article reports tests of the assumptions underlying its use: that it conveys to adolescents that socially undesirable attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors are not uncommon and legitimizes reporting them, yielding more valid self-reports than would be obtained by "direct" questions, which do not mention what other people think or do. A meta-analysis of 11 experiments embedded in four surveys of diverse samples of adolescents did not support the assumption that the some/other form increases validity. Although the some/other form led adolescents to think that undesirable attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors were more common and resulted in more reports of those attitudes and behaviors, answers to some/other questions were lower in criterion validity than were answers to direct questions. Because some/other questions take longer to ask and answer and require greater cognitive effort from participants (because they involve more words), and because they decrease measurement accuracy, the some/other question format seems best avoided.
View details for DOI 10.1037/a0025440
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Measuring Americans' Issue Priorities
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2011; 75 (1): 125-138
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfq075
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Global warming vs. climate change, taxes vs. prices: Does word choice matter?
CLIMATIC CHANGE
2011; 105 (1-2): 1-12
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9882-x
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Re: Response to the Validity of Self-Reported Nicotine Product Use in the 2001-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
MEDICAL CARE
2011; 49 (3): 332-332
View details for DOI 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318211ffd1
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- Measuring Americans’ issue priorities: A new version of the most important problem question reveals more concern about global warming and the environment Public Opinion Quarterly 2011; 75: 125-138
- The American National Election Studies and the importance of new ideas Improving public opinion surveys: Interdisciplinary innovation and the American National Election Studies edited by Aldrich, J. A., McGraw, K. M. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2011
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COMPARING THE ACCURACY OF RDD TELEPHONE SURVEYS AND INTERNET SURVEYS CONDUCTED WITH PROBABILITY AND NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLES
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2011; 75 (4): 709-747
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfr020
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- How the ANES used online commons proposals and pilot study reports to develop its 2008 questionnaires Improving public opinion surveys: Interdisciplinary innovation and the American National Election Studies edited by Aldrich, J. A., McGraw, K. M. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2011
- Experiments for evaluating survey questions Question evaluation methods edited by Miller, K., Madans, J., Willis, G., Maitland, A. New York, NY: Wiley. 2011
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The Validity of Self-Reported Nicotine Product Use in the 2001-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
MEDICAL CARE
2010; 48 (12): 1128-1132
Abstract
Many researchers rely on high-quality face-to-face national surveys conducted by the federal government to estimate the prevalence of nicotine product use, but some scholars have suggested that adults' self-reports in such surveys are intentionally distorted by social desirability response bias, thus raising questions about the validity of those data.To assess the validity of face-to-face survey self-reports by comparing them with physiological tests.Respondents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey provided self-reports of nicotine product use and gave blood samples that were analyzed for levels of serum cotinine, an indicator of nicotine exposure.Nationally representative samples of thousands of American adults in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey surveys conducted in 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, and 2007-2008.Serum cotinine levels and self-reports of nicotine product use.On average, only 1.17% to 1.25% of adult respondents said that they did not use a product containing nicotine, but had elevated cotinine levels. After eliminating the potential influence of passive smoking, these figures dropped to 0.89% to 0.94%. This small discrepancy between the 2 assessments could be due to measurement error in the cotinine test results or to recent use of cotinine-elevating medication.These data do not support the claim that a substantial number of adult respondents intentionally under-report nicotine consumption in face-to-face interviews. The remarkable accuracy of self-reports of nicotine consumption seen here justifies confidence in self-reports of this behavior in such surveys.
View details for DOI 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef9948
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MEASURING VOTER TURNOUT BY USING THE RANDOMIZED RESPONSE TECHNIQUE EVIDENCE CALLING INTO QUESTION THE METHOD'S VALIDITY
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2010; 74 (2): 328-343
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfq012
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Comparing Oral Interviewing with Self-Administered Computerized QuestionnairesAn Experiment
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2010; 74 (1): 154-167
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfp090
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Social desirability bias in voter turnout reports
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2010; 74 (1): 37-67
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfp065
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Implicit and explicit prejudice in the 2008 American presidential election
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2010; 46 (2): 367-374
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.11.001
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Research Synthesis
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2010; 74 (4): 711-781
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfq048
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Question and Questionnaire Design
HANDBOOK OF SURVEY RESEARCH, 2ND EDITION
2010: 263-313
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Operative and Meta-Attitudinal Manifestations of Attitude Accessibility Two Different Constructs, Not Two Measures of the Same Construct
PSYCHOLOGY PRESS. 2010: 109-124
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- Comparing questions with agree/disagree response options to questions with item-specific response options Survey Research Methods 2010; 4: 61-79
- AAPOR report on online panels Public Opinion Quarterly 2010: 1-71
- Using the American National Election Study surveys to test social psychological hypotheses Secondary Data Analysis: An Introduction for Psychologists edited by Trzesniewski, K., Donnellan, M. B., Lucas, R. E. 2010
- Attitudes toward presidential candidates and political parties: Initial optimism, inertial first impressions, and a focus on flaws Political psychology edited by Lavine, H. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2010
- Operative and meta-psychological manifestations of attitude accessibility: Two different constructs, not two measures of the same construct The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change edited by Forgas, J. P., Cooper, J., Crano, W. D. Florence, Kentucky: Psychology Press. 2010
- Questionnaire design Handbook of survey research edited by Wright, J. D., Marsden, P. V. West Yorkshire, England: Emerald Group. 2010; Second
- Optimizing survey questionnaire design in political science: Insights from psychology Oxford handbook of American elections and political behavior edited by Leighley, J. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2010
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Social Power and Attitude Strength Over the Life Course
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2009; 35 (12): 1646-1660
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Past findings indicate that middle-aged adults in the United States tend to be more resistant to attitude change than younger and older adults, but little is known about why this is so. The authors propose that midlife adults' disproportionate occupation of high-power social roles (which call for resoluteness) may partly explain their heightened resistance to persuasion. Using nationally representative data sets, the article first documents that in various domains the possession of social power peaks in midlife. It next documents that middle-aged adults place a high value on resoluteness, which suggests that they have internalized powerful role norms. Next, it shows that directly activating the concept of social power increases the perceived value of resoluteness. Finally, it demonstrates that the possession of powerful social roles partially mediates the relationship between age and resistance to persuasion. This work is the first to uncover a mechanism responsible for changes in attitude strength over the adult life course.
View details for DOI 10.1177/0146167209349114
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Why Do White Americans Oppose Race-Targeted Policies? Clarifying the Impact of Symbolic Racism
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
2009; 30 (5): 805-828
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Measures of symbolic racism (SR) have often been used to tap racial prejudice toward Blacks. However, given the wording of questions used for this purpose, some of the apparent effects on attitudes toward policies to help Blacks may instead be due to political conservatism, attitudes toward government, and/or attitudes toward redistributive government policies in general. Using data from national probability sample surveys and an experiment, we explored whether SR has effects even when controlling for these potential confounds and whether its effects are specific to policies involving Blacks. Holding constant conservatism and attitudes toward limited government, SR predicted Whites' opposition to policies designed to help Blacks and more weakly predicted attitudes toward social programs whose beneficiaries were racially ambiguous. An experimental manipulation of policy beneficiaries revealed that SR predicted policy attitudes when Blacks were the beneficiary but not when women were. These findings are consistent with the claim that SR's association with racial policy preferences is not due to these confounds.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00726.x
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Optimal Design of Branching Questions to Measure Bipolar Constructs
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2009; 73 (2): 304-324
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfp023
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The Association of Knowledge with Concern About Global Warming: Trusted Information Sources Shape Public Thinking
RISK ANALYSIS
2009; 29 (5): 633-647
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During the last decade, a great deal of news media attention has focused on informing the American public about scientific findings on global warming (GW). Has learning this sort of information led the American public to become more concerned about GW? Using data from two surveys of nationally representative samples of American adults, this article shows that the relation between self-reported knowledge and concern about GW is more complex than what previous research has suggested. Among people who trust scientists to provide reliable information about the environment and among Democrats and Independents, increased knowledge has been associated with increased concern. But among people who are skeptical about scientists and among Republicans more knowledge was generally not associated with greater concern. The association of knowledge with concern among Democrats and Independents who trust scientists was mediated by perceptions of consensus among scientists about GW's existence and by perceptions that humans are a principal cause of GW. Moreover, additional analyses of panel survey data produced findings consistent with the notion that more knowledge yields more concern among Democrats and Independents, but not among Republicans. Thus, when studying the relation of knowledge and concern, it is important to take into account the content of the information that different types of people acquire and choose to rely upon.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01220.x
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National Surveys Via Rdd Telephone Interviewing Versus the Internet
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2009; 73 (4): 641-678
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfp075
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- The psychological underpinnings of political behavior Handbook of social psychology edited by Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D. T., Lindzey, G. New York, NY: John Wiley. 2009
- State of the nation: Getting warmer Boston Review 2009; 34 (6)
- Altering the Foundations of Support for the President Through Priming Politisk psykologi-antologi edited by Høgenhagen, T., Nielsen, S. W. Århus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press. 2009
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DETERMINANTS OF TURNOUT AND CANDIDATE CHOICE IN THE 2008 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ILLUMINATING THE IMPACT OF RACIAL PREJUDICE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2009; 73 (5): 943-994
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfp079
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Selective exposure to campaign communication: The role of anticipated agreement and issue public membership
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2008; 70 (1): 186-200
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0022381607080139
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- Education moderates some response effects in attitude measurement Quantitative research in education edited by Gorard, S. London, UK: Sage Publications. 2008
- Altering the Foundations of Support for the President Through Priming Electoral Behaviour edited by Arzheimer, K., Evans, J. London: Sage Publications. 2008
- The causes and consequences of response rates in surveys by the news media and government contractor survey research firms Advances in telephone survey methodology edited by Lepkowski, J. M., Tucker, C., Brick, J. M., De Leeuw, E. D., Japec, L., Lavrakas, P. J., Link, M. W., Sangster, R. L. New York: Wiley. 2008
- An Evaluation of a Cognitive Theory of Response Order Effects in Survey Measurement Attitude Measurement edited by Roberts, C., Jowell, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008
- Knowledge and attitudes Handbook of public opinion research edited by Donsbach, W., Traugott, M. W. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008
- The impact of “no opinion” response options on data quality: Non-attitude reduction or an invitation to satisfice? Attitude measurement edited by Roberts, C., Jowell, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008
- Attitude Intensity, Importance and Certainty and Susceptibility to Response Effects Attitude Measurement edited by Roberts, C., Jowell, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008
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The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms
2nd International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology
JOHN WILEY & SONS. 2008: 499–528
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Why do people vote? A psychological analysis of the causes of voter turnout
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
2008; 64 (3): 525-549
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- The measurement of attitudes Attitude measurement edited by Roberts, C., Jowell, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2008
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Response order effects in dichotomous categorical questions presented orally - The impact of question and respondent attributes
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2007; 71 (3): 325-348
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The effect of survey mode and sampling on inferences about political attitudes and behavior: Comparing the 2000 and 2004 ANES to Internet surveys with nonprobability samples
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2007; 15 (3): 286-323
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Retrospective and prospective performance assessments during the 2004 election campaign: Tests of mediation and news media priming
Conference on the Wartime Election of 2004
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. 2007: 249–78
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- Procedures for updating classification systems: A study of biotechnology and the standard occupational classification system Journal of Official Statistics 2007; 23: 409-432
- The effect of survey mode on inferences about political attitudes and behavior: Comparing the 2000 and 2004 ANES to internet surveys with non-probability samples Political Analysis 2007; 15: 286-323
- Reconsidering the impact of behavior prediction questions on illegal drug use: The importance of using proper analytic methods in social psychology Social Influence 2007; 2: 178-196
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Student reactions to being wrongly informed of failing a high-stakes test - The case of the Minnesota Basic Standards Test
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
2006; 20 (5): 718-751
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The origins and consequences of democratic citizens' policy agendas: A study of popular concern about global warming
Workshop on Global Warming - The Psychology of Long Term Risk
SPRINGER. 2006: 7–43
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- Exploring the latent structure of strength-related attitude attributes Advances in Experimental Social Psychology edited by Zanna, M. New York, NY: Academic Press. 2006
- Optimizing brief assessments in research on the psychology of aging: A pragmatic approach to survey and self-report measurement National Research Council, When I'm 64 edited by Carstensen, L. L., Hartnel, C. R. Washington DC: The National Academies Press. 2006
- Attitude measurement: Techniques for measuring the unobservable Persuasion: Psychological insights and perspectives edited by Green, M. C., Shavitt, S., Brock, T. C. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2006
- The measurement of values in surveys: A comparison of ratings and rankings Measurement edited by Bartholomew, D. Oxford, UK: The Bardwell Press. 2006
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Exploring the latent structure of strength-related attitude attributes
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, VOL 38
2006; 38: 1-67
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The effects of beliefs about the health consequences of cigarette smoking on smoking onset
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
2006; 56: S18-S37
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Comparing the quality of data obtained by minimally balanced and fully balanced attitude questions
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2005; 69 (3): 417-428
View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfi028
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Attitude importance and the accumulation of attitude-relevant knowledge in memory
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2005; 88 (5): 749-769
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People who attach personal importance to an attitude are especially knowledgeable about the attitude object. This article tests an explanation for this relation: that importance causes the accumulation of knowledge by inspiring selective exposure to and selective elaboration of relevant information. Nine studies showed that (a) after watching televised debates between presidential candidates, viewers were better able to remember the statements made on policy issues on which they had more personally important attitudes; (b) importance motivated selective exposure and selective elaboration: Greater personal importance was associated with better memory for relevant information encountered under controlled laboratory conditions, and manipulations eliminating opportunities for selective exposure and selective elaboration eliminated the importance-memory accuracy relation; and (c) people do not use perceptions of their knowledge volume to infer how important an attitude is to them, but importance does cause knowledge accumulation.
View details for DOI 10.1037/022-3514.88.5.749
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Demographic predictors of media use among infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
2005; 48 (5): 539-561
View details for DOI 10.1177/0002764204271512
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- Meta-psychological vs. operative measures of ambivalence: Differentiating the consequences of perceived intra-psychic conflict and real intra-psychic conflict Ambivalence and the structure of public opinion edited by Craig, S. C., Martinez, M. D. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 2005
- The measurement of attitudes Handbook of attitudes and attitude change 2005
- The measurement of attitudes Handbook of attitudes and attitude change edited by Albarracin, D., Johnson, B. T., Zanna, M. P. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 2005
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The impact of personality on cognitive, behavioral, and affective political processes: The effects of need to evaluate
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY
2004; 72 (5): 995-1027
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Need to evaluate (NE) is a personality trait that reflects a person's proclivity to create and hold attitudes; people high in NE are especially likely to form attitudes toward all sorts of objects. Using data from the 1998 National Election Survey Pilot and the 2000 National Election Survey, NE was shown to predict a variety of important attitude-relevant cognitive, behavioral, and affective political processes beyond simply holding attitudes: NE predicted how many evaluative beliefs about candidates a person held, the likelihood that a person would use party identification and issue stances to determine candidate preferences, the extent to which a person engaged in political activism, the likelihood that a person voted or intended to vote, the extent to which a person used the news media for gathering information, and the intensity of emotional reactions a person felt toward political candidates. Thus, NE appears to play a powerful role in shaping important political behavior, emotion, and cognition.
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Threat as a motivator of political activism: A field experiment
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
2004; 25 (4): 507-523
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- Valuing oil spill prevention: A case study of California's central coast Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2004
- Importance, knowledge, and accessibility: Exploring the dimensionality of strength-related attitude properties Studies in public opinion: Gauging attitudes, nonattitudes, measurement error and change edited by Saris, W. E., Sniderman, P. M. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2004
- Altering the Foundations of Support for the President Through Priming Political Psychology: Key Readings edited by Jost, J. T., Sidanius, J. New York, NY: Psychology Press. 2004
- Question Wording and Reports of Survey Results: The Case of Louis Harris and Aetna Life and Casualty Questionnaires edited by Bulmer, M. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2004
- An unrecognized need for ballot reform: Effects of candidate name order Rethinking the vote: The politics and prospects of American election reform edited by Crigler, A. N., Just, M. R., McCaffery, E. J. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2004
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Proceedings of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2003; 67 (3): 441-445
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Psychosocial predictors of heavy television viewing among preadolescents and adolescents
BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2003; 25 (2): 87-110
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Telephone versus face-to-face interviewing of national probability samples with long questionnaires - Comparisons of respondent satisficing and social desirability response bias
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2003; 67 (1): 79-125
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Distinguishing the cognitive and behavioral consequences of attitude importance and certainty: A new approach to testing the common-factor hypothesis
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2003; 39 (2): 118-141
View details for DOI 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00522-X
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- The impact of attitudes toward foreign policy goals on public preferences among presidential candidates: A study of issue publics and the attentive public in the 2000 U.S. Presidential election Presidential Studies Quarterly 2003; 33: 31-71
- Introduction Survey research methodology, 1990-1999: An annotated bibliography edited by Walden, G. R. Westpoint, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 2003
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Measuring the frequency of regular behaviors: Comparing the "typical week" to the "past week"
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY, VOL 33
2003; 33: 55-80
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The impact of "no opinion" response options on data quality - Non-attitude reduction or an invitation to satisfice?
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
2002; 66 (3): 371-403
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Context dependence and aggregation in disaggregate choice analysis
5th Triennial Symposium on Choice Modeling
SPRINGER. 2002: 195–205
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- Is political psychology sufficiently psychological? Distinguishing political psychology from psychological political science Thinking about political psychology edited by Kuklinski, J. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002
- Psychological political science vs. political psychology true to its name: A plea for balance Political psychology edited by Monroe, K. R. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 2002
- The causes of no-opinion responses to attitude measures in surveys: They are rarely what they appear to be Survey nonresponse edited by Groves, R. M., Dillman, D. A., Eltinge, J. L., Little, J. A. New York: Wiley. 2002
- The challenges of political psychology: Lessons to be learned from research on attitude perception Thinking about political psychology edited by Kuklinski, J. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002
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Exploring the structure of strength-related attitude features: The relation between attitude importance and attitude accessibility
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2001; 81 (4): 566-586
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One of the most significant current controversies in the attitude literature involves the latent structure of attitude attributes related to their strength. Four studies were conducted to explore whether 2 strength-related attributes (importance and accessibility) are affected identically by various manipulations (which would suggest that they reflect a single latent construct) and whether the attributes cause one another (which would suggest they are distinct constructs). Three laboratory experiments and I survey study show that (a) repeated expression and personal relevance manipulations have different effects on importance and accessibility and (b) increased importance can cause heightened accessibility. Thus, these 2 attitude attributes appear to constitute related but independent constructs. These studies therefore help to illuminate the nature of attitude strength and the interplay of its sources.
View details for DOI 10.1037//0022-3514.81.4.566
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Attitudes toward presidential candidates and political parties: Initial optimism, inertial first impressions, and a focus on flaws
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2001; 45 (4): 930-950
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- Comparing telephone and face-to-face interviewing in terms of data quality: The 1982 National Election Studies Method Comparison Project Health survey research methods edited by O'Rourke, D. 2001
- Optimizing survey measurement accuracy by matching question design to respondent memory organization Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference, 2001 2001
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Violating conversational conventions disrupts cognitive processing of attitude questions
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2000; 36 (5): 465-494
View details for DOI 10.1006/jesp.1999.1411
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The impact of the fall 1997 debate about global warming on American public opinion
PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE
2000; 9 (3): 239-260
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News media impact on the ingredients of presidential evaluations: Politically knowledgeable citizens are guided by a trusted source
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2000; 44 (2): 301-315
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Do strength-related attitude properties determine susceptibility to response effects? New evidence from response latency, attitude extremity, and aggregate indices
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
2000; 21 (1): 107-132
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- Thinking about politics: Comparisons of experts and novices edited by Krosnick, J. A. Guilford Press. 2000
- Political behavior of the individual Encyclopedia of psychology edited by Kazdin, A. E. Oxford University Press. 2000
- Survey research Handbook of research methods in social psychology edited by Reis, H. T., Judd, C. M. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000
- Improving election forecasting: Allocation of undecided respondents, identification of likely voters, and response order effects Election polls, the news media, and democracy edited by Lavrakas, P., Traugott, M. 2000
- Maximizing questionnaire quality Measures of political attitudes edited by Robinson, J. P., Shaver, P. R., Wrightsman, L. S. New York: Academic Press. 1999
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Survey research
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY
1999; 50: 537-567
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For the first time in decades, conventional wisdom about survey methodology is being challenged on many fronts. The insights gained can not only help psychologists do their research better but also provide useful insights into the basics of social interaction and cognition. This chapter reviews some of the many recent advances in the literature, including the following: New findings challenge a long-standing prejudice against studies with low response rates; innovative techniques for pretesting questionnaires offer opportunities for improving measurement validity; surprising effects of the verbal labels put on rating scale points have been identified, suggesting optimal approaches to scale labeling; respondents interpret questions on the basis of the norms of everyday conversation, so violations of those conventions introduce error; some measurement error thought to have been attributable to social desirability response bias now appears to be due to other factors instead, thus encouraging different approaches to fixing such problems; and a new theory of satisficing in questionnaire responding offers parsimonious explanations for a range of response patterns long recognized by psychologists and survey researchers but previously not well understood.
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Development of attitude strength over the life cycle: Surge and decline
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1998; 75 (6): 1389-1410
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This article explores the relation of age to manifestations and antecedents of attitude strength. Three studies demonstrate that susceptibility to attitude change is greater during early and late adulthood than during middle adulthood. Three additional studies demonstrate that attitude importance, certainty, and perceived quantity of attitude-relevant knowledge are greater in middle adulthood than during early or late adulthood. These antecedents may therefore explain life cycle shifts in susceptibility to change. Susceptibility to change, importance, certainty, and perceived knowledge differ from one another in terms of their correlations with education, gender, and race, challenging the notion that attitude strength is a unitary construct. Evidence that people incorrectly believe that susceptibility to change declines steadily over the life course reinforces the distinction between operative and meta-attitudinal measures of attitude strength.
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The impact of candidate name order on election outcomes
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1998; 62 (3): 291-330
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Referendum design and contingent valuation: The NOAA panel's no-vote recommendation
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
1998; 80 (2): 335-338
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- American opinion on global warming: The impact of the Fall 1997 debate Resources 1998; 133: 5-9
- Review of What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 1998; 559: 189-191
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Temporal reliability of estimates from contingent valuation
LAND ECONOMICS
1997; 73 (2): 151-163
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- Public attitudes toward Israel: A study of the attentive and issue publics U.S.-Israeli relations at the crossroads (Israeli history, politics, and society) edited by Sheffer, G. London: Frank Cass & Co., Ltd. 1997
- Review of Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology Public Opinion Quarterly 1997; 61: 664-667
- The anatomy of news media priming Do the media govern? Politicians, voters, and reporters in America edited by Iyengar, S., Reeves, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 1997
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Designing rating scales for effective measurement in surveys
International Conference on Survey Measurement and Process Quality
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC. 1997: 141–164
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Answering questions: Methodology for determining cognitive and communicative processes in survey research. (Book Review)
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1997; 61 (4): 664-667
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Mail surveys for election forecasting? An evaluation of the Columbus Dispatch poll
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1996; 60 (2): 181-227
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Education moderates some response effects in attitude measurement
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1996; 60 (1): 58-88
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- Public attitudes toward Israel: A study of the attentive and issue publics Israel Affairs 1996
- Satisficing in surveys: Initial evidence Advances in survey research edited by Braverman, M. T., Slater, J. K. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1996: 29–44
- Introduction to survey research, polling, and data analysis Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.. 1996
- News media impact on the ingredients of presidential evaluations: A program of research on the priming hypothesis Political persuasion and attitude change edited by Mutz, D., Sniderman, P. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1996
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PUBLIC-ATTITUDES TOWARD ISRAEL - A STUDY OF THE ATTENTIVE AND ISSUE PUBLICS
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY
1995; 39 (4): 535-554
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ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE AND THE FALSE CONSENSUS EFFECT
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
1995; 21 (5): 468-479
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- Attitude strength: Antecedents and consequences edited by Petty, R. E., Krosnick, J. A. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1995
- Attitude strength: An overview Attitude strength: Antecedents and consequences edited by Petty, R. E., Krosnick, J. A. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1995
- Attitude measurement and questionnaire design Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology edited by Manstead, A. R., Hewstone, M. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. 1995
- The relation between political attitude importance and knowledge structure Political judgment: Structure and process edited by Lodge, M., McGraw, K. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1995
- Voting behavior Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology edited by Manstead, A. R., Hewstone, M. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. 1995
- The causes and consequences of attitude importance Attitude strength: Antecedents and consequences edited by Petty, R. E., Krosnick, J. A. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1995
- Measures and manipulations of strength-related properties of attitudes: Current practice and future directions Attitude strength: Antecedents and consequences edited by Petty, R. E., Krosnick, J. A. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1995
- Social group polarization in 1992 Democracy's feast: Elections in America edited by Weisberg, H. F. 1995
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ORIGINS OF ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE - SELF-INTEREST, SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION, AND VALUE RELEVANCE
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1995; 68 (1): 61-80
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Five studies examined the relations between attitude importance and 3 of its hypothesized determinants: self-interest, social identification with reference groups or reference individuals, and cherished values. Verbal protocols, multivariate analysis of survey data, and laboratory experimentation revealed that (1) people's theories of the causes of attitude importance pointed to all 3 hypothesized predictors, (2) the 3 predictors each had significant, unique statistical associations with importance, and (3) a manipulation of self-interest yielded a corresponding change in importance. These results help clarify the nature and origins of attitude importance, challenge the widely believed claim that self-interest has little or no impact on political cognition, and identify new likely consequences of social identification processes and values.
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POCKETS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE - FINDINGS OF A RESEARCH-PROGRAM ON ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
1994; 11 (4): 391-411
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RATIONALIZATION AND DERIVATION PROCESSES IN SURVEY STUDIES OF POLITICAL CANDIDATE EVALUATION
Annual Conference of the American-Association-for-Public-Opinion-Research
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING. 1994: 582–600
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- A new introduction to survey methods: Review of Questionnaire Design, Interviewing and Attitude Measurement Contemporary Psychology 1994; 39: 221-222
- Attitude scales: How we measure the unmeasurable Persuasion: Psychological insights and perspectives edited by Shavitt, S., Brock, T. C. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. 1994
- Attitude strength Encyclopedia of human behavior edited by Ramachandran, V. S. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. 1994
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THE IMPACT OF THE GULF-WAR ON THE INGREDIENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL EVALUATIONS - MULTIDIMENSIONAL EFFECTS OF POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
1993; 87 (4): 963-975
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ATTITUDE STRENGTH - ONE CONSTRUCT OR MANY RELATED CONSTRUCTS
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1993; 65 (6): 1132-1151
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COMPARISONS OF PARTY IDENTIFICATION AND POLICY PREFERENCES - THE IMPACT OF SURVEY QUESTION FORMAT
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
1993; 37 (3): 941-964
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REPORT ON THE 1991 OHIO-STATE-UNIVERSITY SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
1993; 14 (2): 363-373
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THE MEDIA AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT - BUSH,GEORGE AND THE PERSIAN-GULF CONFLICT
American-Association-for-Public-Opinion-Research Annual Meeting
PLENUM PUBL CORP. 1993: 167–82
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- Review of Measurement Errors in Surveys Public Opinion Quarterly 1993; 57: 277-280
- The media and the foundations of Presidential support: George Bush and the Persian Gulf conflict Journal of Social Issues 1993; 49: 167-182
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THE FOCUS OF JUDGMENT EFFECT - A QUESTION WORDING EFFECT DUE TO HYPOTHESIS CONFIRMATION BIAS
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
1992; 18 (6): 690-699
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SUBLIMINAL CONDITIONING OF ATTITUDES
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
1992; 18 (2): 152-162
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- The impact of question order on cognitive effort in survey responding Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on Undergraduate Research 1992
- The case for measuring attitude strength in surveys Questions about questions: Inquiries into the cognitive bases of surveys edited by Tanur, J. New York: Russell Sage. 1992: 177–203
- The impact of cognitive sophistication and attitude importance on response order effects and question order effects Order effects in social and psychological research edited by Schwarz, N., Sudman, S. New York: Springer-Verlag. 1992: 203–218
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THE STABILITY OF POLITICAL PREFERENCES - COMPARISONS OF SYMBOLIC AND NONSYMBOLIC ATTITUDES
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
1991; 35 (3): 547-576
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THE RELIABILITY OF SURVEY ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT - THE INFLUENCE OF QUESTION AND RESPONDENT ATTRIBUTES
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
1991; 20 (1): 139-181
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AGING, COHORTS, AND THE STABILITY OF SOCIOPOLITICAL ORIENTATIONS OVER THE LIFE-SPAN
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
1991; 97 (1): 169-195
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RESPONSE STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH THE COGNITIVE DEMANDS OF ATTITUDE MEASURES IN SURVEYS
APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
1991; 5 (3): 213-236
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SOME DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ATTITUDE STRUCTURES - CONTEXT-INDUCED RESPONSE FACILITATION AND POLARIZATION
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1991; 60 (2): 193-202
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CONVERSATIONAL CONVENTIONS, ORDER OF INFORMATION ACQUISITION, AND THE EFFECT OF BASE RATES AND INDIVIDUATING INFORMATION ON SOCIAL JUDGMENTS
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1990; 59 (6): 1140-1152
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AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL-CANDIDATES - A TEST OF THE PROJECTION HYPOTHESIS
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
1990; 46 (2): 159-182
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ALTERING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT THROUGH PRIMING
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
1990; 84 (2): 497-512
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LESSONS LEARNED - A REVIEW AND INTEGRATION OF OUR FINDINGS
SOCIAL COGNITION
1990; 8 (1): 154-158
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF POLITICAL OPINIONATION
SOCIAL COGNITION
1990; 8 (1): 49-72
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EXPERTISE AND POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL COGNITION
1990; 8 (1): 1-8
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- Expertise in political psychology Thinking about politics: Comparisons of experts and novices edited by Krosnick, J. A. New York: Guilford Press. 1990
- Government policy and citizen passion: A study of issue publics in contemporary America Political Behavior 1990; 12: 59-92
- The impact of satisficing on survey data quality Proceedings of the Bureau of the Census 1990 Annual Research Conference 1990: 835–845
- The uses and abuses of public opinion polls: The case of Louis Harris and Associates Chronicles 1990; 14: 47-49
- Lessons learned: A review and integration of our findings Thinking about politics: Comparisons of experts and novices edited by Krosnick, J. New York: Guilford. 1990: 154–158
- Psychological determinants of political opinionation Thinking about politics: Comparisons of experts and novices edited by Krosnick, J. A. New York: Guilford. 1990: 49–72
- Self-monitoring and self-protective biases in the use of consensus information to predict one's own behavior Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1990; 58: 718-728
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ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE AND ATTITUDE ACCESSIBILITY
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
1989; 15 (3): 297-308
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AGING AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ATTITUDE-CHANGE
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1989; 57 (3): 416-425
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Two hypotheses about the relation between age and susceptibility to attitude change were tested. The impressionable years hypothesis proposes that individuals are highly susceptible to attitude change during late adolescence and early adulthood and that susceptibility drops precipitously immediately thereafter and remains low throughout the rest of the life cycle. The increasing persistence hypothesis proposes that people become gradually more resistant to change throughout their lives. Structural equation models were applied to data from the 1956-1960, 1972-1976, and 1980 National Election Panel Studies in order to estimate the stability of political attitudes and unreliability in measures of them. The results support the impressionable years hypothesis and disconfirm the increasing persistence hypothesis. A decrease in the over-time consistency of attitude reports among 66- to 83-year-olds was found to be due to increased random measurement error in their reports, not to increased attitude change.
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QUESTION WORDING AND REPORTS OF SURVEY RESULTS - THE CASE OF LOUIS-HARRIS-AND-ASSOCIATES AND AETNA-LIFE-AND-CASUALTY - REVIEW
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1989; 53 (1): 107-113
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- Introduction to survey research and data analysis Chicago: Scott, Foresman. 1989
- The structural bases of consistency among political attitudes: The effects of political expertise and attitude importance Attitude Structure and Function edited by Pratkanis, A. R., Breckler, S. J., Greenwald, A. G. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 1989
- The measurement of values in surveys: A comparison of ratings and rankings Survey Research Methods: A Reader edited by Singer, E., Presser, S. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1989
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THE ROLE OF ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE IN SOCIAL EVALUATION - A STUDY OF POLICY PREFERENCES, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS, AND VOTING-BEHAVIOR
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1988; 55 (2): 196-210
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According to a number of social psychological theories, attitudes toward government policies that people consider important should have substantial impact on presidential candidate preferences, and unimportant attitudes should have relatively little impact. Surprisingly, the accumulated evidence evaluating this hypothesis offers little support for it. This article reexamines the hypothesis, applying more appropriate analysis methods to data collected during the 1968, 1980, and 1984 American presidential election campaigns. The impact of policy attitudes on candidate preferences was indeed found to depend on the importance of those attitudes, just as theory suggests. The analysis also documented two mechanisms of this increased impact: People for whom a policy attitude is important perceive larger differences between competing candidates' attitudes, and important attitudes appear to be more accessible in memory than unimportant ones.
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ATTITUDE INTENSITY, IMPORTANCE, AND CERTAINTY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RESPONSE EFFECTS
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1988; 54 (6): 940-952
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ATTITUDE IMPORTANCE AND ATTITUDE-CHANGE
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1988; 24 (3): 240-255
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- Review of The Choice Questionnaire Public Opinion Quarterly 1988; 52: 408-411
- The evening news and presidential evaluation Readings in social psychology: Classic and contemporary contributions edited by Peplau, L. A., Sears, D. O., Taylor, S. E., Freedman, J. L. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1988
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A TEST OF THE FORM-RESISTANT CORRELATION HYPOTHESIS - RATINGS, RANKINGS, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF VALUES
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1988; 52 (4): 526-538
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AN EVALUATION OF A COGNITIVE THEORY OF RESPONSE-ORDER EFFECTS IN SURVEY MEASUREMENT
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1987; 51 (2): 201-219
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- Review of Political Cognition: The 19th Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition American Political Science Review 1987; 81: 266-268
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THE PERCEIVED THREAT OF NUCLEAR-WAR, SALIENCE, AND OPEN QUESTIONS
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1986; 50 (4): 519-536
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THE MEASUREMENT OF VALUES IN SURVEYS - A COMPARISON OF RATINGS AND RANKINGS
PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY
1985; 49 (4): 535-552
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THE EVENING NEWS AND PRESIDENTIAL EVALUATIONS
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1984; 46 (4): 778-787
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CAUSES OF ADOLESCENT CIGARETTE-SMOKING - TESTS OF A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY
1984; 47 (1): 24-36
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