The
Scottish Election Study, funded by the Economic
and Social Research Council is based in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde.
The principle investigators of the 2011 Scottish Election Study are:
- Dr Christopher Carman, University of Strathclyde
- Dr Robert Johns, University of Essex
- Prof James Mitchell, University of Strathclyde
In 2011, the
Scottish Election Study took the form of a two-wave
internet panel survey, with data collection undertaken
by YouGov.
The aim of the study is to explain the decisions of
Scottish voters on 5 May, both whether and for which
party they voted. As well as voting behaviour, the survey
questionnaires cover the following topics: attitudes
to parties and leaders; issue opinions and evaluations;
national identity; constitutional preferences; multilevel party identification; preferences for political compromise; socio-demographic
characteristics.
In addition to the pre/post-election panel, the 2011 SES also reinterviewed respondents to the 2007 Scottish Election Study.
Details
of the two waves of data collection are:
- 'Pre'
- the pre-election wave, N=2046, fieldwork in late-April
2011
- 'Post'
- the post-election wave, N=1760, fieldwork in May
2011
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