ANES: Responses from 1983 American National Election Survey Pilot
Description
Survey data from the 1983 American National Election Survey Pilot. Respondents were read a value statement and asked
to report their level of agreement: `strongly agree', `agree', `can't decide', `disagree', and strongly disagree'.
The 279 complete responses to the 19 statements selected by Feldman (1988)
and reanalyzed by Gross and Manrique-Vallier (2014) are included. `Strongly disagree' and `disagree' as well
as `strongly agree' and `agree` have been collapsed into single categories.
0 indicates `agree', 1 indicates `can't decide', and 2
indicates `disagree'. The statements have been grouped into 3 overarching themes as
indicated in the variable names- Equality (EQ), Economic Individualism (IND), and Free Enterprise (ENT).
Variable ID's from the original ANES questionnaire are included in parentheses.
An example analysis of the data is included in the mixedMem vignette.References
Feldman, Stanley. "Structure and consistency in public opinion: The role of core beliefs and values." American Journal of Political Science (1988): 416-440.
Gross, J.H. and Manrique-Vallier, D. "A Mixed-Membership Approach to the Assessment of Political Ideology from Survey Responses."
in Airoldi, E. M., Blei, D. M., Erosheva, E. A., and Fienberg, S. E.
Handbook of Mixed Membership Models and Its Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2014
National Election Studies, 1983 Pilot Election Study. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Center for Political Studies, 1999