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Social Pressure Index > Methodology
Methodology
Integrity Statement
The Social Pressure Index instrument was fielded from May 16, 2024 to June 24, 2024. The survey is based on 19,879 interviews conducted by YouGov on the internet, comprising a base sample of US
adults (N = 7,144). Additionally, low-incidence groups were over sampled to improve the precision of
private opinion estimates. In addition to the base sample of 7,144, the Social Pressure Index survey
was administered to oversamples of Asian respondents (N = 4,620), Black respondents (N = 3,934),
and Hispanic respondents (N = 4,181).|
The base sample and demographic oversamples were weighted according to gender, age, race/ ethnicity, education, registered voter status, and US Census region based on voter registration lists, the U.S. Census American Community Survey, and the U.S. Census Current Population Survey, as well as 2020 Presidential vote. Respondents were selected from YouGov to be representative of the general ….
Social Pressure Index > Methodology
Illustrative Example of a List Experiment
Control Group
Please read each statement carefully before answering the question below.
• Schools should take cyberbullying as seriously as in-person bullying.
A student failing is always the fault of the teacher.
Class size significantly affects student achievement.
How many statements do you agree with?
• 1.
• 2
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Experiment Group
Please read each statement carefully before answering the question below.
Schools should take cyberbullying as seriously as in-person bullying
• A student failing is always the fault of the teacher.
• Class size significantly affects student achievement.
• I support school choice in public education.
How many statements do you agree with?
• 3
Despite ensuring privacy for individual respondents, it is still possible to make conclusions about the likelihood of certain subpopulations, in aggregate, endorsing sensitive statements. Using multivariate regressions, we calculated the ….
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Ben Gaines
@gaines-law.com
Alleged lawyer, Brunswick, ME 🥥🌴
412 followers2.1k following675 posts