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ABC News O.J. Simpson Jury Poll, February 1997
- ABC News
- Version 2 (Subtitle)
- ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series
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Abstract
This special topic poll, fielded February 4, 1997, sought respondents' views on the O.J. Simpson civil trial verdict and the treatment of minorities in the criminal justice system. Respondents were asked for their opinions on the civil trial decision, which found Simpson responsible for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Those queried were asked to consider the possible reasons for the different verdicts in the criminal and civil trials including differing legal definitions of guilt, the number of jurors required for a guilty verdict, the testimony and evidence allowed, the testimony of Simpson, and the racial demographics of the jury. Respondents' were asked for their personal opinions on the guilt or innocence of Simpson, whether they believed in the presence of a police conspiracy, and whether Simpson received a fair trial. Demographic variables include education, age, race, and sex. -
Methods
The data contain a weight variable (WEIGHT) that should be used in analyzing the data. This poll consists of "standard" national representative samples of the adult population with sample balancing of sex, race, age, and education. -
Methods
ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Created online analysis version with question text.. -
Table of Contents
Datasets:
- DS1: ABC News O.J. Simpson Jury Poll, February 1997, Dataset 0001
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Time period: 1997-02
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Collection date: 1997-02-04
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United States
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telephone interview
(1) The data available for download are not weighted and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (2) Original reports using these data may be found via the ABC News Polling Unit Web site. (3) The meaning of the variable SELECTB is unknown and may be associated with the sampling method of selecting a respondent based on the adult living in the household who last had a birthday. (4) According to the data collection instrument, code 3 in the variable Q909 also includes respondents who answered that they had attended a technical college. (5) A value label for an unknown code was added in the RECODED_AGE variable. (6) The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis.
- 2174 (Type: ICPSR Study Number)
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Is new version of
DOI: 10.3886/ICPSR02174.v1
Update Metadata: 2015-08-05 | Issue Number: 6 | Registration Date: 2015-06-15
ABC News (1998): ABC News O.J. Simpson Jury Poll, February 1997. Version 2. ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series. Version: v2. ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02174.v2
