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10.29.2024 MPSDS webinar

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Michael W Traugott - Motivated Reasoning under Conditions of Affective Political Polarization - JPSM MPSDS Seminar 10.02.2024

Motivated Reasoning under Conditions of Affective Political PolarizationMotivated Reasoning under Conditions of Affective Political Polarization Public opinion, especially as expressed through polls, is a central concept underlying democratic theory and the process of representation. This research raises the question of how this relationship works under conditions when public confidence in poll results becomes situational. Individuals sometimes use motivated reasoning when encountering…

Sunghee Lee - Measuring Network Sizes in the Context of Respondent Driven Sampling: Evidence from Two Independent Surveys - JPSM MPSDS Seminar Series

Measuring Network Sizes in the Context of Respondent Driven Sampling: Evidence from Two Independent SurveysSocial networks termed as “degrees” are the fundamental premise of respondent driven sampling (RDS). Extant RDS point estimators incorporate degrees as an adjustment factor approximating the selection probabilities. For this reason, degrees relevant to RDS should consider recruitability. However, the standard practice focuses on the state of connectedness when measuring…

Leah Christian, Christopher Hansen, Martha McRoy and Zoe Slowinski- Texting in Mixed-Mode Studies: Results from Recent Research Experimentation

Texting in Mixed-Mode Studies: Results from Recent Research Experimentation Using multiple modes of contact has been found to increase participation in surveys over a single contact mode. Text messaging has emerged as a new mode to contact survey participants in mixed-mode survey designs, especially for surveys that include web and/or phone data collection. However, it has been unclear how to best combine text messages with mailings and other outreach contacts to improve response…

Frauke Kreuter - Leveraging AI for Survey Research - JPSM MPSDS Seminar

Frauke Kreuter Leveraging AI for Survey ResearchThis presentation scrutinizes the transformative potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) insurvey research, focusing on three critical areas: questionnaire design, synthetic data creation, and the role of LLMs as qualitative interviewers. In the domain of questionnaire design, the lecture delves into if and how LLMs can construct contextually accurate and highly effective survey items. However ,there are valid concerns about the model’s…

Rebecca Andridge - When “representative” surveys fail: Can a non-ignorable missingness mechanism explain bias in estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake? - JPSM MPSDS Seminar

JPSM MSPDS Seminar March 13, 2024 When “representative” surveys fail: Can a non-ignorable missingness mechanism explain bias in estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake? Recently, attention was drawn to the failure of two very large internet-based probability surveys to correctly estimate COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the U.S. in early 2021. Both the Delphi-Facebook COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey (CTIS) and Census Household Pulse Survey (HPS) overestimated vaccine uptake…

6th Likert Symposium: Meeting Respondents Where They Are

6th Annual Likert Workshop Meeting Respondents Where They Are March 8,2024 Survey measurement is complicated. We strive to ask questions that respondents understand and can answer as we intend them to. But often there is a gulf between the ideal respondents we design questions for and the real respondents who answer them. The Sixth Annual Likert symposium features four presentations about the speakers' experiences incorporating the respondents’ perspective and circumstances into the…