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1993 ANES PILOT STUDY

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  ABOUT THE DATASET:
Pilot Study
Number of Cases: 1005
Number of Variables: 1472

An attempt was made to reinterview all 1,005 'fresh' cross-section respondents from the 1992 Study (respondents not previously interviewed in 1990). Telephone interviews. Of the 1005 cases from 1992, 750 were interviewed over a period from September 23 to November 24, 1993. Respondents were randomly assigned to one of four forms.

Includes new content on group interest, and also on attitudes toward homosexuality. Several experiments as to response formats were included. EXPERIMENTS: Policy choice items: half sample received strength (strongly/not strongly) follow-ups; other half sample received quantity (a lot/a little) follow-ups. Placement of President Clinton on liberal-conservative seven point scale, before and after R is asked to place him/herself. Experiment in wording of the vote choice for U.S. Representative question: reading candidate name as well as party versus reading only party labels for candidates. Description of the Clinton package as "budget package" versus "deficit reduction package". Certainty probe on Liberal-Conservative scale. Question order experiment in 'interest basis of politics' section, where R evaluates the effects of a government policy upon list of objects (order of objects).

Speical Content: New content on attitudes toward homosexuality; group interest. Several experiments in response formats.

Design Features: An attempt was made to reinterview all 1,005 'fresh' cross-section respondents from the 1992 Study (respondents not previously interviewed in 1990). Telephone interviews. Of the 1005 cases from 1992, 750 were interviewed over a period from September 23 to November 24, 1993. Respondents were randomly assigned to one of four forms.