General Problem You want to test a general hypothesis. The Supreme Court can move public opinion. You can only test a particular hypothesis. The Supreme Court can move public opinion on af fi rmative action.
As you may know, there has been some debate about allowing imported drugs from Canada lately.
Republicans are more likely to favor allowing imported drugs from Canada, while Democrats are more likely to oppose allowing imported drugs from Canada.
We’d like to know your opinion. Do you favor or oppose imported drugs from Canada? As you may know, there has been some debate about marijuana legaliza ti on lately.
Democrats are more likely to favor marijuana legaliza ti on, while Republicans are more likely to oppose marijuana legaliza ti on.
We’d like to know your opinion. Do you favor or oppose marijuana legaliza ti on? Example: Party Cues
Two Steps Enumerate the population of topics and take a random sample of about 25 to 50. Summarize the separate experiments using a hierarchical model. Step 2 Step 1
The Two Papers Conceptual overview of topic sampling with detailed empirical application. Coming out in Political Behavior. Technical details focused on the estimators (bias, RMSE, coverage) and power calculations. Paper 2 Paper 1 http://www.carlislerainey.com/research/ http://www.carlislerainey.com/talk