What Can We Learn From Open Questions in Surveys? A Case Study on Non-Voting Reported in the 2013 German Longitudinal Election Study

Silber, Henning; Züll, Cornelia; Kühnel, Steffen M.

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dc.contributor.author	Silber, Henning	de
dc.contributor.author	Züll, Cornelia	de
dc.contributor.author	Kühnel, Steffen M.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-27T13:55:15Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-27T13:55:15Z
dc.date.issued	2020	de
dc.identifier.issn	1614-2241	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/74969
dc.description.abstract	Open survey questions are often used to evaluate closed questions. However, they can fulfil this function only if there is a strong link between answers to open questions and answers to related closed questions. Using reasons for non-voting reported in the German Longitudinal Election Study 2013, we investigated this link by examining whether the reported reasons for non-voting may be substantive reasons or ex-post legitimations. We tested five theoretically derived hypotheses about respondents who gave, or did not give, a specific reason. Results showed that (a) answers to open questions were indeed related to answers to closed questions and could be used in explanatory turnout models to predict voting behavior, and (b) the relationship between answers to open and closed questions and the predictive power of reasons given in response to the open questions were stronger in the post-election survey (reported behavior) than in the pre-election survey (intended behavior).	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	open questions; election; non-voting; random imputation; ZA5702: Pre- and Post-election Cross Section (Cumulation) (GLES 2013)	de
dc.title	What Can We Learn From Open Questions in Surveys? A Case Study on Non-Voting Reported in the 2013 German Longitudinal Election Study	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
dc.source.volume	16	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Datengewinnung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	data capture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Datenqualität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	data quality	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Antwortverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	response behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlforschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	election research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	voting behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Umfrageforschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey research	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74969-1
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	41-58	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.5964/meth.2801	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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