Social desirability bias can lead to surveys overreporting voter turnout. A 'pipeline' approach informing participants their self-reports can be verified may help. Matthew DeBell et al report on American National Election Studies (ANES) wording experiments. Daron R. Shaw
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👀 Releasing in August 2024: Zoltan Hajnal, VIncent Hutchings, and Taeku Lee present a comprehensive textbook on race's role in American democracy, covering public opinion, voting behavior, media representation, criminal justice, social policy, and protest movements. Cambridge University Press - Politics

To prevent unequal treatment of Black Americans in the criminal justice system, some courts instruct jurors to consider biases and to counteract them when deliberating. Does this work? Tomorrow at #AAPOR24 Brianna Zichettella Josh Pasek (Frozen Account) Hakeem Jefferson Fabian Guy Neuner

Have you become weary of news media? ICYMI: ariel hasell and Audrey Halverson U-M ISR U-M ISRcps have a recent study on news fatigue and avoidance. Abstract below ⬇️

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As misinformation has become a prominent topic in U.S. politics, Americans have become

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Tomorrow at #AAPOR24 , David Rothschild 🌻 and Sabina Tomkins Center for Political Studies explore the predictive power of policy relative to political identity. Their analysis is based on two surveys run a week apart with the same respondent pool.

The new sweatshirts are in at U-M ISR. #DataNerdCore #isr75 Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics U-M ISRcps @rcgd_isr UM Population Studies Center UM SRC ICPSR #GoBlue #twinsies 💙💛

NEW University of Michigan WEBSITE by TRP@WCEE mapping war crimes in #Ukraine . Launched today, February 24, to commemorate 2 years since Russia's full-scale invasion. Key features are 2 interactive maps & archive of testimonies collected by The Reckoning Project. Explore our site @ myumi.ch/egkyx

In preparation for the 2024 ANES, American National Election Studies (ANES) conducted a methodological pilot to investigate the effects of timing and type of incentive offered for participating in live video interviews. Andrew Hupp, Lauren Guggenheim and David Howell present tomorrow at #AAPOR24 . Center for Political Studies

By demonstrating the complementary nature of survey and social media data, Le Bao et al describe methods for gaining more nuanced understanding of public opinion in the era of social media with more systematic and comprehensive methodologies for blending data streams. #AAPOR24

Wondering how (or where) to share your education research with a broader audience?

Join me for 'Writing for the Public' tomorrow (5/14) at 10:50am PST! We'll discuss strategies and platforms for public writing, including publishing with Contexts Magazine and education-focused

Are the effects of including a “something else” response option for survey questions about sexual identity moderated by state-level protective policies ? @Bradytwest presents Wednesday at #AAPOR24 UM Population Studies Center UM SRC

Could manipulations influencing preexisting beliefs and attitudes help mitigate racial differences in information processing? Brianna Zichettella, Josh Pasek (Frozen Account), Fabian Guy Neuner Hakeem Jefferson present at #AAPOR24 Wednesday. Center for Political Studies

ISR's Center for Political Studies (Center for Political Studies) just launched SUNGEO - a groundbreaking project tackling data misalignment in social research. 📊 Now researchers can access integrated geospatial data from various scales and sources.

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🌟Congratulations to U-M ISR #ISRNextGeneration scholars Paloma Contreras, Analidis Ochoa UM Population Studies Center and Rebecca Wai 卫淑颖 U-M ISRcps-- and to all of next year's Rackham predoctoral fellows!

Eugenia Quintanilla’s work opens up a new line of research in political science— she looks at levels of prosociality and whether constituents see politics as a way of helping others. I’m excited to continue watching this novel work inform political science. PRIEC Meeting

The Roper Center Board of Directors is pleased to announce Michael Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Political Science, University of Michigan, as the recipient of the 2024 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research! bit.ly/4ajNq5M

ICYMI: James Gibson's article 'African Americans’ Willingness to Extend Legitimacy to the Police: Connections to Identities and Experiences in the Post-George Floyd Era' is now available for open access from the Cambridge University Press. buff.ly/3Uy0zm5

“For white Christians, religion and race are inextricably linked” —Shayla F. Olson’s groundbreaking work shows how important it is to think about religious identity for understanding attitudes about race. Fascinating work! PRIEC Meeting