Eric M. Uslaner
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691151458
- eISBN:
- 9781400840298
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691151458.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter discusses the issue of measuring trust and then compares the ANES and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) measures with each other as well as with the two new measures in ...
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This chapter discusses the issue of measuring trust and then compares the ANES and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) measures with each other as well as with the two new measures in the 2006 Pilot Study. It first examines the comparability of the four measures through the standard question—“Generally speaking, do you believe that most people can be trusted, or can't you be too careful in dealing with people?” The chapter also examines how well each performs with respect to theoretical expectations. If the ANES adopts a new trust question, the chapter considers if that measure shows patterns of association similar to those of the older indicator.Less
This chapter discusses the issue of measuring trust and then compares the ANES and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) measures with each other as well as with the two new measures in the 2006 Pilot Study. It first examines the comparability of the four measures through the standard question—“Generally speaking, do you believe that most people can be trusted, or can't you be too careful in dealing with people?” The chapter also examines how well each performs with respect to theoretical expectations. If the ANES adopts a new trust question, the chapter considers if that measure shows patterns of association similar to those of the older indicator.
