Plus ça change…: The New CPS Election Study Panel

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip E. Converse ◽  
Gregory B. Markus
Keyword(s):  
Party Identification ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Theoretical Significance ◽  
The University ◽  
Study Panel

Between 1956 and 1960, the first long-term panel study of the American electorate was carried out at the University of Michigan. Among other findings from this original panel were sharp contrasts between the high individual-level stability of party identification and more labile individual preferences on major political issues of the day. Since 1960, several changes in the nature of the American electoral response have caught the attention of scholars, including an erosion of party loyalties on one hand and an increasing crystallization of issue attitudes on the other. Completion of a new panel segment, 1972–76, makes it possible to review the original 1956–60 findings in the light of these intervening changes. We discovered that the contrasts in individual-level continuity of party and issue positions remain nearly identical to those estimated for 1956–60. The theoretical significance of these counter-intuitive results is discussed.

Political Issues and the Vote: November, 1952

1953 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus Campbell ◽  
Gerald Gurin ◽  
Warren E. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
List Type ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Carnegie Corporation ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

In March, 1952 the Carnegie Corporation made available to the Social Science Research Council a research grant to support a major study of factors influencing the popular vote in the 1952 presidential election. Under the sponsorship of the Council's Committee on Political Behavior this project is currently being carried out by the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan.The study was developed around six major objectives:1. To identify the voters and non-voters, Republicans and Democrats, within four major geographical areas, in regard toa. socio-economic characteristics;b. attitudes and opinions on political issues;c. perceptions of the parties and the candidates.2. To compare these groups to the corresponding groups in the 1948 presidential election.3. To trace the resolution of the vote with particular attention to the undecided and changing voters.4. To study the impact of the activities of the major parties on the population.5. To analyze the nature and correlates of political party identification.6. To analyze the nature and correlates of political participation.

Acquired Stenosis of the Upper Airway in Neonates an Increasing Problem

1980 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 512-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Papsidero ◽  
Nigel R. T. Pashley
Keyword(s):  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Subglottic Stenosis ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Biphasic Pattern ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The University ◽  
Normal Speech

Thirty neonates with acquired airway stenosis were treated between 1975 and 1979 at the C. S. Mott Children's Hospital of the University of Michigan. Neonates surviving a period of ventilation are at risk of developing subglottic stenosis (8.3%). The stenosis is often severe. Children with respiratory distress syndrome and/or neurologic disorders were particularly prone to developing a stenosis (37 %). Following treatment, 43% were successfully decannulated and decannulation occurred in a biphasic pattern. Thirty-seven percent were still tracheostomy-dependent but had a voice and were developing normal speech patterns. The mean decannulation time was 92.5 weeks, confirming that acquired subglottic stenosis in the neonate is a serious problem with long-term disability.

Generational Change and the Decline of Party Identification in America: 1952–1974

1976 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Abramson
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
World War ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Partisan Identification ◽  
The University

A large and growing proportion of Americans claims to be neither Republican nor Democratic, and partisan independence is most wide-spread among young adults. A time-series cohort analysis of eleven surveys conducted by the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan between 1952 and 1974 strongly suggests that the low level of partisan identification among young adults results largely from fundamental differences between their socialization and that of their elders. The overall decline in party identification results largely from generational change. High levels of partisan identification persist among persons who entered the electorate before World War II, but among those who entered the electorate more recently levels of identification are low. The analysis strongly suggests that overall levels of party identification will continue to decline, and permits examination of one process by which party loyalties among mass electorates gradually are transformed.

Party Identification in the Age of Obama: Evidence on the Sources of Stability and Systematic Change in Party Identification from a Long-Term Panel Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick D. Tucker ◽  
Jacob M. Montgomery ◽  
Steven S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Error ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Systematic Change ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Presidential Approval ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Level Change

Political scientists have long disagreed about the nature of individual-level change in party identification. While some scholars conclude that party identification is a stable identity—attributing changes in individual responses to measurement error—others show that aggregate party identification responds systematically to short-term forces such as presidential approval. In this article, we use a unique long-term panel measuring party identification twenty times in the 2011–2016 period to support a subtle compromise between these competing claims. We show that individual-level party identification changes systematically over time even after accounting for measurement error and that this change is related to short-term evaluations of the parties and the president. However, although such change exists, it is modest in the medium term and more common among specific subsets of respondents. Finally, we show that that these findings are robust to numerous alternative modeling strategies. We believe that our analysis provides the most systematic examination to date of individual-level changes in party identification.

scholarly journals The Study of Radio Flux Density Variations of the Quasar OJ 287 by the Wavelet and the Singular Spectrum Methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganna Donskykh
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Singular Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Source ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Singular Spectrum ◽  
Vlbi Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Term Monitoring

AbstractFlux density variations of the extragalactic radio source OJ 287 are studied by applying the wavelet and the singular spectrum methods to the long-term monitoring data at 14.5, 8.0 and 4.8 GHz acquired at the University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory during 40 years. This monitoring significantly supplements the episodic VLBI data. The wavelet analysis at all three frequencies revealed the presence of quasiperiods within the intervals 6.0–7.4 and 1.2–1.8 years. The singular spectrum analysis revealed the presence of quasiperiods within the intervals 6–10 and 1.6–4.0 years. For each quasiperiod the time interval of its existence was determined.

Party Identification and Its Implications

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
The United States ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Average Person ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Cross National

Early electoral research in the United States discovered the most important concept in the study of political behavior: party identification. Party identification is a long-term, affective attachment to one’s preferred political party. Cross-national research finds that these party identities are a potent cue in guiding the attitudes and behavior of the average person. Partisans tend to repeatedly support their preferred party, even when the candidates and the issues change. Party ties mobilize people to vote to support their party, and to work for the party during the campaign. And given the limited information most people have about complex political issues, party ties provide a cue to what positions one should support. The levels of partisanship among contemporary publics, and how it varies across nations and across time, are described. The implications of these patterns, and the current research debates on the significance of partisanship for democracies today, are discussed.

Otolaryngology outreach to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: a medical and educational partnership

2017 ◽  
Vol 131 (7) ◽  
pp. 608-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Waller ◽  
R Larsen-Reindorf ◽  
M Duah ◽  
J Opoku-Buabeng ◽  
B M Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Surgical Simulation ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
Educational Partnerships ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Educational Partnership ◽  
The University

AbstractBackground:Medical and educational partnerships between high- and low-resourced countries provide opportunities to have a long-term meaningful impact on medical training and healthcare delivery.Methods:An otolaryngology partnership between Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, and the University of Michigan Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery has been undertaken to enhance healthcare delivery at both institutions.Results:A temporal bone dissection laboratory, with the equipment to perform dedicated otological surgery, and academic platforms for clinical and medical education and residency training have been established.Conclusion:This article describes the details of this partnership in otological surgery and hearing health, with an emphasis on creating in-country surgical simulation, training on newly acquired medical equipment and planning regarding the formulation of objectified metrics to gauge progress going forward.

Job Queues and the Union Status of Workers

ILR Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Abowd ◽  
Henry S. Farber
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Behavioral Theory ◽  
Ratio Test ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Union Status ◽  
Queue Model ◽  
The University

This paper develops a model of the determination of the union status of workers that allows for the possibility of queuing for union jobs. The empirical results derived, using a sample from the University of Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, are supportive of the queuing hypothesis. The no-queue model can be rejected using a likelihood-ratio test. This suggests that a simple probit or logit model for union status is misspecified because it is not based on any consistent behavioral theory. An important implication of the model is that because most new entrants to the labor market prefer union jobs but cannot get them and because accrual of nonunion seniority makes workers progressively less likely to desire union jobs, the union status of workers is largely determined by their success in being selected from the queue early in their working life.

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