Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following what is going on in government and public affairs more frequently than new panelists | Pew Research Center

June 7, 2021

Measuring the Risks of Panel Conditioning in Survey Research

Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following what is going on in government and public affairs more frequently than new panelists

Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following what is going on in government and public affairs more frequently than new panelists

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Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following what is going on in government and public affairs more frequently than new panelists

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Measuring the Risks of Panel Conditioning in Survey Research
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American Trends Panel panelists recruited in 2014 via an RDD frame invited to up to 74 surveys
No evidence of large harmful effects of panel conditioning in 2019-2020 experiment
Panel conditioning effects were relatively consistent across subgroups
Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following what is going on in government and public affairs more frequently than new panelists
Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report following the news more frequently than new panelists
Longer-tenured ATP panelists do not report discussing government and politics with others more frequently than new panelists
Longer-tenured ATP panelists are not more likely than new panelists to self-identify with a major political party
Participation in the ATP modestly increases voter registration rates
No presence of conditioning in administrative voting records