Dataset: Research on Czech Political Parties - 2013 - Expert Survey

Abstract

The expert survey on Czech parties' policy positions conducted by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Social Studies (Masaryk University) and the Department of Sociology of Politics, Institute of Sociology AS CR.

Variable Groups

Full Title

Research on Czech Political Parties - 2013 - Expert Survey

Identification Number

CSDA00236en

Authoring Entity

Name Affiliation
Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Producer

Name Affiliation Abbreviation Role
Department of Political Science Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University MUNI FSS research design, data collection, analysis
Department of Sociology of Politics Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences CSDA research design, data collection, analysis
Czech Social Science Data Archive Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences CSDA
B.Soc.Sc. Michaela Kudrnacova Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences CSDA data archiving

Date of Production

2014-01

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name Abbreviation Role Grant
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic) MŠMT data archiving LM2015060

Data Distributor

Name Affiliation Abbreviation
Czech Social Science Data Archive Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences CSDA

Date of Distribution

2017-12-12

Version

The first version of data and metadata

Date: 2017-12-12

Type: Version 1

Bibliographic Citation

Institute of Sociology (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic). Research on Czech Political Parties - 2013 - Expert Survey [dataset] [online]. Ver. 1.0. Prague: Czech Social Science Data Archive, 2017 [cited DATE]. DOI 10.14473/CSDA00236en

List of Keywords

Topic Classification

Policy Positions of the Czech Political Parties

Date of Collection

Start End Cycle
2013-11-11 2013-01-31

Country

Czech Republic  (CZ)

Geographic Coverage

Czech Republic

Unit of Analysis

Individual

Universe

"The experts" defined as academics involved in teaching politics or undertaking research on Czech parties and elections

Time Method

Cross sectional

Sampling Procedure

The experts were seeked out based on the definition set at the beginning of the research (academics involved in teaching politics or undertaking research on Czech parties and elections) and the non-expert respondents were recruited with the use of social networks (Facebook) and the institutes website to recruit respondents.

Mode of Data Collection

This survey was implemented using the LimeSurvey v.2.0 online (open source) surveying software platform with a sample of 209 'experts' defined as academics involved in teaching politics or undertaking research on Czech parties and elections. The expert respondents were sent 3 email reminders during late November, December 2013, and January 2014. For the expert survey, the response rate was about 25% for fully completed questionnaires and about 44% for incomplete questionnaires.
As an informal experiment, the research team also fielded the same survey to non-experts or citizens interested in politics using social networks (Facebook) and the institutes website to recruit respondents. This was a completely separate survey and did not interfere in any way with the main study. A total of 95 individuals responded to this survey. The main purpose of this informal research was to see if the experts' scores are significantly different of 'well-informed' (non-academic) citizens. This survey research revealed that many non-experts started the online survey relative few completed it - the completion rate was about 11%. In contrast, the completion rate for experts was about 25%. This differential suggests that experts have more 'patience' in completing a set of party policy items that took about 30 minutes to complete.

Weighting

The dataset is not weighted.

Availability Status

Available for download by users registered at Czech Social Science Data Archive.

Restrictions

For non-commercial use only.

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Technical Report

Technical Report - Research on Czech Political Parties - 2013 - Expert Survey, Non-Expert Survey, Expert and Non-Expert Survey

Questionnaire

Questionnaire - Research on Czech Political Parties - 2013 - Expert Survey, Non-Expert Survey, Expert and Non-Expert Survey

Related Publications

Pat Lyons: Political Knowledge in the Czech Republic

Reference: Lyons, P. (2017). Political Knowledge in the Czech Republic. Prague: Institute of Sociology, pp. 382-392. This book is freely available for download as a pdf at http://www.soc.cas.cz/en/publication/political-knowledge-czech-republic

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