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Computer Assisted Panel Study "CAPS"
Studies: 273
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The POLOPIN unit is intended to measure political opinions. Opinion measures include approval of Reagan's job as president, approval of Reagan's handling of the economy, attitudes about busing, government ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-POLOPIN
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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RACHEL1 (Part 1 of 4) asks respondents to rate the importance of occupations and family tasks. Using a nine-point scale (1 = low importance, 5 = average importance, 9 = high importance), respondents ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-RACHEL
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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The Present Activity Survey was developed by Charlie Hardy and Rupert Nacoste for administration in CAPS/86. The unit measures the respondent's current level of self-reported activity. Rs are asked ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PRESACTV
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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"This 77 item unit concerns Rs physical characteristics, fitness and grooming habits. It contains an open-ended (up to 6 lines) description; specific questions on height, weight, hair, eye, and skin ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PHYSICAL
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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This unit was developed by James Ferrer, a student reporter for the Phoenix. It consists of 31 items about attitudes toward interracial dating.

No standard scoring.

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-RACEDATE
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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This 42-item unit was developed by James A. and Beverly B. Wiggins to measure respondents' perceptions of UNC students who abstainers, moderate drinkers, and frequent drinkers. Rs are also asked to ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PERCEPT
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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The Physical Self-evaluation Questionnaire measures both global physical self-esteem and physical self-presentation confidence. It is a 22-item measure answered on a 6-point, strongly disagree to ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PHYSELF
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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This 12-item scale, originally developed by Norman (1963) and modified by Cheek (1982) was used to obtain self-ratings of traits. Each item comprised adjective pairs that served as anchors for 9-point ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PERTRAIT
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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In this unit, Rs are asked to check out a photo album and to rate 24 of the photos contained in it on 4 100-point scales: homely/ good-looking, lazy/studious, ignorant/intelligent, argumentative/ agreeable. The ...

hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PHOTORAT
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Updated: May 24, 2009
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This unit, developed by Lou Lipsitz, explores the development of attitudes toward the presidency and specific occupants of that office. It focuses especially on Watergate and Ronald Reagan.

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hdl:1902.29/CAPS-PRESID
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Updated: May 24, 2009