Hugi, Simon; Jann, Ben (16 July 2015). A Validation Study on Voter Turnout Bias in Switzerland (Unpublished). In: 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA). Reykjavik, Island. 13.07.-17.07.2015.
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Surveys on voting behavior typically overestimate turnout rates substantially. To disentangle different sources of bias - coverage error, nonresponse bias, and overreporting - we conducted a validation study in which respondents' self-reported voting behavior was compared to administrative voting records (N = 2000). Our results show that all three sources of error inflate the survey estimate of the turnout rate and also bias estimates from political participation models, although coverage error is only moderate compared to the more pronounced biases due to nonresponse and overreporting. Furthermore, results from a wording experiment do not provide evidence that revised wording reduces measurement bias.
Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Sociology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hugi, Simon, Jann, Ben |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ben Jann |
Date Deposited: |
09 Jun 2016 13:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:55 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.81536 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/81536 |
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