Three Criteria: Knowledge, Conviction, and Significance
Public Opinion QuarterlyPublished 1 June 1940
Daniel Katz
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SJR score1.72
SNIP1.59
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Abstract
This article evaluates public opinion polls according to three criteria: (1) Do people know enough about the questions asked to give reliable and meaningful answers? (2) Do they have convictions upon the subject sufficient to give stability to their answers? (3) Are the questions asked of any real significance for social science? The author is a social psychologist at Princeton University.
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Psychology