The objective is to conduct a professional evaluation of electoral surveys in the Czech Republic. The project will assess all aspects of data quality and availability. We intend to create a review of all existing surveys and gather relevant materials. We also plan to make new data publicly available for secondary analyses. Moreover, we will analyse methodology of individual surveys and will construct a set of quality criteria and compare data quality across surveys. We also will assess the methods of election results forecasting. Therefore, we might be able to suggest modifications to current methodology. All outcomes of the project are going to be publicized to a wide auditorium of data users and producers through an internet information center. The purpose of the project is to offer information necessary for anyone to make active use of public opinion polls. A comparable information source is lacking in the Czech Republic at the moment.
Key words: electoral preferences, elections, election surveys, methods of survey research, public opinion polling, quality of survey data, polling and media, election campaign reporting, election forecast.
Project publications (total 14, displaying 1 - 10)
Collection of scientific based studies provides an overview of Czech election survey research and comments the issues relating to the quality and the use of results, e.g. importance for representative democracy, impact of the publication of results, relationship between research industry and journalism, conceptualisation of party identification, main approaches to evaluation of quality, construction of the questionnaires, etc.
The purpose of the study is to familiarise readers with the issue of how results of social sample surveys are applied in a democratic society, and to provide an overview of Czech surveys, their types and methodology, and make a critical assessment of Czech survey research in comparison with the internationally recognised criteria for social research.
Soubor vědecky založených studií podává přehled o českých výzkumech volebních preferencí a vyjadřuje se k hlavním problémům a možnostem uplatnění výsledků výzkumů, např. k otázkám významu pro demokracii, dopadů publikace výsledků, vztahům mezi výzkumem a žurnalistikou, konceptualizaci stranických identitfikací, hodnocení kvality šetření, konstrukci dotazníků atp. Samostatná kapitola je věnována také výzkumu na Slovensku.volby
Collection of scientific based studies provides an overview of Czech election survey research and comments the issues relating to the quality and the use of results, e.g. importance for representative democracy, impact of the publication of results, relationship between research industry and journalism, conceptualisation of party identification, main approaches to evaluation of quality, construction of the questionnaires, etc.
This paper summarises the main conditions affecting the quality of questionnaire surveys in the Czech Republic. It addresses the tradition of survey research, the breadth and depth of professional background, the market environment and competition, the possibilities for applying suitable methods in representative population surveys, and the degree of public willingness to participate in surveys.
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