People and their opinions : thinking critically about public opinion / / Eric Shiraev, Richard Sobel |
Autore | Shiraev Eric <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.3/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Public opinion
Public opinion - United States Political socialization |
ISBN |
1-315-66335-X
1-317-34585-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature of Public Opinion""; ""What Is Public Opinion?""; ""Types of Public Opinion""; ""A Case in Point 1.1: Elitist Commentators or Next-Door Neighbors?""; ""Public Opinion and Society""; ""Social Value of Opinion Polls""; ""Practical Value""; ""Comparative Value""; ""A Case in Point 1.2: Specific Opinions on Particular Policies""; ""A Case in Point 1.3: When Pollsters and Their Sponsors "Go Wrong"""; ""Political and Ideological Value""
""Overall Resistance to Polling""""Government: Does Public Opinion Matter?""; ""Two Views on Government and Polls""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: Factors Mediating Public Opinion's Influence on Policy""; ""Political Structure: Institutions and Communications""; ""Political Landscape and Elections""; ""Political Participation""; ""Assignment 1.1: Proliferating Information Sources""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 2 Measurement of Opinion""; ""Measurement and Human Expression""; ""Steps in Survey Research""; ""Sample Selection""; ""Types of Sampling"" ""Sampling Error""""Sampling and Accuracy of Polls""; ""A Case in Point 2.1: The 1948 Polling Disaster""; ""A Case in Point 2.2: The Use of Nonrepresentative Samples""; ""Looking for Linkages""; ""Surveys""; ""Survey Questions""; ""Structure and Order of Questions""; ""A Case in Point 2.3: The Way Questions Are Asked""; ""Hazy, Knotty, Corny, and Other Bad Questions""; ""Question Translation""; ""Non-Survey Methods""; ""Experiment""; ""Content Analysis""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Meta-Analysis: Research on Research""; ""Qualitative Approaches""; ""A Case in Point 2.4: Culture-Bound Surveys"" ""Assignment 2.1: Problems with Questions""""Assignment 2.2: Errors in Sampling""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 3 Thinking Critically About People's Opinions""; ""Critical Thinking about Polls""; ""Thinking About a Survey's Context""; ""Circumstances Surrounding a Survey""; ""The Way the Question Is Asked""; ""Thinking About Bias in Survey Interpretation""; ""Be Aware of Your Own Prejudgments""; ""Be Aware of Respondents' Assumptions""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: "Right" and "Wrong" Issues""; ""Wording: Look Critically at Descriptions"" ""Pay Attention to Labels""""Question Secondary Sources""; ""Be Aware of Dichotomous and Continuous Variables""; ""A Case in Point 3.1: Headlines About Survey Results""; ""Explanations: Understanding Sources of Opinions""; ""Know How to Interpret Correlations and Co-appearances""; ""Look for Many Causes""; ""A Case in Point 3.2: What the "Average" American Thinks About Correlation and Causation""; ""Assignment 3.1: Similarities and Differences""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 4 Attitudes and Opinions""; ""The Nature of Attitudes"" ""A Case in Point 4.1: Culture and Attitudes"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797207003321 |
Shiraev Eric <1960-> | ||
London [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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People and their opinions : thinking critically about public opinion / / Eric Shiraev, Richard Sobel |
Autore | Shiraev Eric <1960-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.3/8
303.38 |
Soggetto topico |
Public opinion
Public opinion - United States Political socialization |
ISBN |
1-315-66335-X
1-317-34585-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature of Public Opinion""; ""What Is Public Opinion?""; ""Types of Public Opinion""; ""A Case in Point 1.1: Elitist Commentators or Next-Door Neighbors?""; ""Public Opinion and Society""; ""Social Value of Opinion Polls""; ""Practical Value""; ""Comparative Value""; ""A Case in Point 1.2: Specific Opinions on Particular Policies""; ""A Case in Point 1.3: When Pollsters and Their Sponsors "Go Wrong"""; ""Political and Ideological Value""
""Overall Resistance to Polling""""Government: Does Public Opinion Matter?""; ""Two Views on Government and Polls""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: Factors Mediating Public Opinion's Influence on Policy""; ""Political Structure: Institutions and Communications""; ""Political Landscape and Elections""; ""Political Participation""; ""Assignment 1.1: Proliferating Information Sources""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 2 Measurement of Opinion""; ""Measurement and Human Expression""; ""Steps in Survey Research""; ""Sample Selection""; ""Types of Sampling"" ""Sampling Error""""Sampling and Accuracy of Polls""; ""A Case in Point 2.1: The 1948 Polling Disaster""; ""A Case in Point 2.2: The Use of Nonrepresentative Samples""; ""Looking for Linkages""; ""Surveys""; ""Survey Questions""; ""Structure and Order of Questions""; ""A Case in Point 2.3: The Way Questions Are Asked""; ""Hazy, Knotty, Corny, and Other Bad Questions""; ""Question Translation""; ""Non-Survey Methods""; ""Experiment""; ""Content Analysis""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Meta-Analysis: Research on Research""; ""Qualitative Approaches""; ""A Case in Point 2.4: Culture-Bound Surveys"" ""Assignment 2.1: Problems with Questions""""Assignment 2.2: Errors in Sampling""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 3 Thinking Critically About People's Opinions""; ""Critical Thinking about Polls""; ""Thinking About a Survey's Context""; ""Circumstances Surrounding a Survey""; ""The Way the Question Is Asked""; ""Thinking About Bias in Survey Interpretation""; ""Be Aware of Your Own Prejudgments""; ""Be Aware of Respondents' Assumptions""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: "Right" and "Wrong" Issues""; ""Wording: Look Critically at Descriptions"" ""Pay Attention to Labels""""Question Secondary Sources""; ""Be Aware of Dichotomous and Continuous Variables""; ""A Case in Point 3.1: Headlines About Survey Results""; ""Explanations: Understanding Sources of Opinions""; ""Know How to Interpret Correlations and Co-appearances""; ""Look for Many Causes""; ""A Case in Point 3.2: What the "Average" American Thinks About Correlation and Causation""; ""Assignment 3.1: Similarities and Differences""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 4 Attitudes and Opinions""; ""The Nature of Attitudes"" ""A Case in Point 4.1: Culture and Attitudes"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811444403321 |
Shiraev Eric <1960-> | ||
London [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Personality theories : a global view / / Eric Shiraev |
Autore | Shiraev Eric <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 155.2 |
Soggetto topico | Personality |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4833-9925-7
1-4833-1277-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480153903321 |
Shiraev Eric <1960-> | ||
Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Personality theories : a global view / / Eric Shiraev |
Autore | Shiraev Eric <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 155.2 |
Soggetto topico | Personality |
ISBN |
1-5063-0079-0
1-4833-9925-7 1-4833-1277-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794241103321 |
Shiraev Eric <1960-> | ||
Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Personality theories : a global view / / Eric Shiraev |
Autore | Shiraev Eric <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 155.2 |
Soggetto topico | Personality |
ISBN |
1-5063-0079-0
1-4833-9925-7 1-4833-1277-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816850803321 |
Shiraev Eric <1960-> | ||
Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|