Survey Details
Verasight collected data for this survey from April 10 - April 15,
2024. All questions were submitted by attendees of the 2024 Midwest
Political Science Association (MPSA) conference. Respondents were
randomly assigned to one of two modules (N = 1,000 per module), each
containing an approximately equal subset of the survey questions.
The sampling criteria for this survey were:
1. U.S. adult (age
18+)
The selection criteria for the final sample were:
1. Passed all
data quality assurance checks, outlined below
The data in each module are weighted to match the February 2024
Current Population Survey on age, race/ethnicity, sex, income,
education, region, and metropolitan status, as well as to population
benchmarks of partisanship and 2020 presidential vote. The margin of
sampling error, which accounts for the design effect and is calculated
using the classical random sampling formula, is +/- 3.5% for module 1
and +/- 3.3% for module 2.
All respondents were recruited from the Verasight Community, which is
composed of individuals recruited via random address-based sampling,
random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
All Verasight community members are verified via multi-step
authentication, including providing an SMS response from a mobile phone
registered with a major U.S. carrier (e.g., no VOIP or internet phones)
as well as within-survey technology, including verifying the absence of
non-human responses with technologies such as Google reCAPTCHA v3.
Those who exhibit low-quality response behaviors over time, such as
straight-lining or speeding, are also removed and prohibited from
further participation in the community. Verasight Community members
receive points for taking surveys that can be redeemed for Venmo or
PayPal payments, gift cards, or charitable donations. Respondents are
never routed from one survey to another and receive compensation for
every invited survey, so there is never an incentive to respond
strategically to survey qualification screener questions.
To further ensure data quality, the Verasight data team implements a
number of post-data collection quality assurance procedures, including
confirming that all responses correspond with U.S. IP addresses,
confirming no duplicate respondents, verifying the absence of non-human
responses, and removing any respondents who failed in-survey attention,
speeding, and/or straight-lining checks. Respondents that completed the
survey in less than 30% of the median completion time were removed.
Unmeasured error in this or any other survey may exist. Verasight is
a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research Transparency
Initiative.
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