Så, hvem stemmer du på?

Forskning trenger ikke være tørt og uanvendelig. Hvis du noen sinne har blitt overfalt på gata og spurt om hvem du skal stemme på ved neste valg; så anbefaler vi følgende metode fra Lucy Suchman og Brigitte Jordan fra “Interactional troubles in face-to-face survey interviews” (publisert i The Journal of the American Statistical Association 85(409), 1990).

I: Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what?

R: As a person.

I: As a Republican::

R: No.

I: Democrat::

R: No.

I: Independent or what.

R: Uhm:: I think of myself as a (pause) Christian.

I: Okay. (writing) But politically, would you have any particular:: (inaudible)

R: I am one of Jehovah’s Witnesses so, you know, when it comes to::

I: I see.

R: So I’m, I am acclimated toward government, but it is that of Jehovah God’s kingdom.

I: Yes.

I følge fotnotene så betyr “colons after a sound indicate that it is lengthened, and the number of colons indicates the degree of lengthening.”.

Som andre sier, det er stygt å lyve, men det er ikke galt å dra matta bort under intervjueren før man begynner…

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