Developing valid knowledge scales

Authors
Mondak, JJ
Citation
Jj. Mondak, Developing valid knowledge scales, AM J POL SC, 45(1), 2001, pp. 224-238
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00925853 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
224 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0092-5853(200101)45:1<224:DVKS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Political knowledge is one of the central variables in research on mass pol itical behavior, but insufficient attention has been given to the implicati ons of alternate approaches to the measurement of political knowledge. Two issues are considered here: (1) survey protocol regarding "don't know" resp onses and (2) item format. Data from the 1998 NES Pilot and a survey conduc ted in the Tallahassee metropolitan area are used to assess alternate surve y protocols.