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Public Opinion Quarterly
Volume 71(1), 2007

 
CONTENTS
 
Tucker, Clyde, Brick, J. Michael, and Meekins, Brian Household telephone service and usage patterns in the United States in 2004: Implications for telephone samples 3-22
 
  Changes in the U.S. telephone system, especially the rapid growth in the prevalence and use of cell phones, raise concerns about undercoverage error in random digit dial (RDD) telephone samples 
 
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methodology
demographics
 
 
Brick, J. Michael, Brick, Pat D., Dipko, Sarah, Presser, Stanley, Tucker, Clyde, and Yuan, Yangyang Cell phone survey feasibility in the U.S.: Sampling and calling cell numbers versus landline numbers 23-39
 
  In 2004, we conducted a nationwide dual frame survey of landline and cell phone numbers to evaluate the feasibility of including cell phone numbers in a random digit dial telephone survey 
 
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methodology
 
 
Hetherington, Marc J., and Smith, Joseph L. Issue preferences and evaluations of the U.S. Supreme Court 40-66
 
  While some previous studies have found that public support for the Supreme Court is related to the ideological direction of its decisions, these studies were based on data from the Warren Court era, a period of high profile judicial liberalism 
 
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law
politics and government
news
broadcasting and media
 
 
Durr, Brian, Hanmer, Michael J., Park, Won-Ho, and White, Ismail K. Good Excuses: Understanding who votes with an improved turnout question 67-90
 
  Utilizing studies which validate voter turnout, previous researchers have been able to identify a strong tendency for individuals to report voting when they in fact did not 
 
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methodology
political elections
politics and government
 
 
Tourangeau, Roger, Couper, Mick P., and Conrad, Frederick Color, labels, and interpretive heuristics for response scales 91-112
 
  We carried out two experiments to investigate how the shading of the options in a response scale affected the answers to the survey questions 
 
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methodology
theory
semiotic theory
visualization
nonverbal
 
 
Christian, Leah Melani, Dillman, Don A., and Smyth, Jolene D. Helping respondents get it right the first time: The influence of words, symbols, and graphics in web surveys 113-125
 
  We utilize and apply visual design theory to experimentally test ways to improve the likelihood that web respondents report date answers in a particular format desired by the researcher, thus reducing possible deleterious effects of error messages or requests for corrections 
 
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nonverbal
visualization
methodology
 
 
Berinsky, Adam J., and Druckman, James N. The polls - review: Public opinion research and support for the Iraq War 126-141
 
  Professors Peter Feaver, Christopher Gelpi, and Jason Reifler's theory of the determinants of public support for war has received a great deal of attention among academics, journalists, and policymakers 
 
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theory
conflict
military and armed conflict
public opinion
politics and government
methodology
 
 
Bloch-Elkon, Yaeli The polls - trends: Preventing terrorism after the 9/11 attacks 142-163
 
  This article reports the American public's assessment of the U.S. government's post-9/11 efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks 
 
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politics and government
military and armed conflict
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presidential figures
public opinion