Some problems of policy-related attitude surveys — with examples from the Davis-Sinnott report

dc.contributor.authorMcCullagh, Ciaran
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-13T13:54:23Z
dc.date.available2016-05-13T13:54:23Z
dc.date.issued1981-10
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T19:52:28Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper offers a criticism of some of the problems involved in policy-related attitude surveys. It argues that the assumptions made in order to generate information useful to policy-makers are difficult to defend. The four particular assumptions examined concern the nature of the problem towards which people are presumed to have attitudes, the nature of attitudes themselves, the belief that attitude research is descriptive and finally the relationship between the nature of public opinion and the choice of a research methodology. The argument is illustrated with examples from the report by Davis and Sinnott (1979) on attitudes to the Northern Ireland problem.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMCCULLAGH, C. 'Some problems of policy-related attitude surveys - with examples from the Davis-Sinnott report', Economic and Social Review, 13 (1), pp. 43-57.en
dc.identifier.endpage57en
dc.identifier.issn0012-9984
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEconomy and Societyen
dc.identifier.startpage43en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2557
dc.identifier.volume13en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEconomic and Social Research Instituteen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.esr.ie/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en
dc.subjectAttitude surveysen
dc.subjectNorthern Irelanden
dc.subjectDavis and Sinnott reporten
dc.subjectPublic opinionen
dc.subjectResearch methodologyen
dc.titleSome problems of policy-related attitude surveys — with examples from the Davis-Sinnott reporten
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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