Does mode matter for modeling political choice? Evidence from the 2005 British Election Study
Does mode matter for modeling political choice? Evidence from the 2005 British Election Study
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DOI：
10.1093/pan/mpl010
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Whiteley, Paul
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作者：
Sanders, David;Clarke, Harold D.;Whiteley, Paul
虽然政治科学家已经开始研究互联网调查的特性，但在进行国家选举研究等重大调查研究项目时，互联网模式的效用仍有待了解。本文讨论了这个问题，提出了一个广泛的调查比较实验的结果，作为2005年英国选举研究的一部分。分析表明，统计上显着的，但一般很小，在投票率和政党选择模型的关键解释变量的分布差异。估计模型参数显示，有几个统计上显着的差异系数使用的人和互联网数据，竞争对手的模型的相对解释力几乎是相同的两种类型的数据。总的来说，面对面和互联网数据讲述了非常相似的故事，关于英国投票率和政党偏好的重要性。确定其他国家是否也有类似的研究结果，应在国家选举研究的研究议程上占有高度优先地位。
Although political scientists have begun to investigate the properties of Internet surveys, much remains to be learned about the utility of the Internet mode for conducting major survey research projects such as national election studies. This paper addresses this topic by presenting the results of an extensive survey comparison experiment conducted as part of the 2005 British Election Study. Analyses show statistically significant, but generally small, differences in distributions of key explanatory variables in models of turnout and party choice. Estimating model parameters reveals that there are few statistically significant differences between coefficients generated using the in-person and Internet data, and the relative explanatory power of rival models is virtually identical for the two types of data. In general, the in-person and Internet data tell very similar stories about what matters for turnout and party preference in Britain. Determining if similar findings obtain in other countries should have high priority on the research agenda for national election studies.