Designing Surveys on Youth Immigration Reform: Lessons from the 2016 CCES Anomaly

Calkins, Saige

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Designing Surveys on Youth Immigration Reform: Lessons from the 2016 CCES Anomaly

dc.contributor.advisor	Scott Blinder
dc.contributor.advisor	Meredith Rolfe
dc.contributor.author	Calkins, Saige
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Political Science
dc.date	2024-03-28T19:48:27.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T18:36:56Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T18:36:56Z
dc.date.submitted	September
dc.date.submitted	2020
dc.description.abstract	Even with clear advantages to using internet based survey research, there are still some uncertainties to which survey methods are most conducive to an online platform. Most survey method literature, whether focusing on online, telephone, or in-person formats, tend to observe little to no differences between using various survey modes and survey results. Despite this, there is little research focused on the interaction effect between survey formatting, in terms of design and framing, and public opinion on social issues, specifically child immigration policies - a recent topic of popular debate. This paper examines an anomalous result found within the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) public opinion immigration question focusing on a DACA-related policy, where support was evenly split on the typically highly favored policy. To decipher the unprecedented result, an experimental survey design was conducted via Qualtrics by comparing various survey formats (single-style, forced choice, Likert scale) and inclusionary policy details to the original CCES “select all that apply” matrix style. By comparing the experimental polls, the results indicated that the “select all that apply” matrix again produced anomalous results, while the various other methods produced a breakdown similar to typical DACA-related polling data. These findings have necessary implications for future survey designs and those examining public opinion on child immigration policies.
dc.description.degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/19162506
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-6569
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/34026
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2044&context=masters_theses_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Dream Act
dc.subject	DACA
dc.subject	Framing theory
dc.subject	Survey design
dc.subject	Select all that apply
dc.subject	Forced choice
dc.subject	American Politics
dc.subject	Data Science
dc.subject	Models and Methods
dc.subject	Political Science
dc.subject	Social Statistics
dc.title	Designing Surveys on Youth Immigration Reform: Lessons from the 2016 CCES Anomaly
dc.type	openaccess
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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