Policy-centred sampling in interest group research: Lessons from the INTEREURO project

被引：37

作者：

Beyers J. ^{[1
]}

Dür A. ^{[2
]}

Marshall D. ^{[2
]}

Wonka A. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] ACIM - Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics, Department of Political Science, Universiteit Antwerpen, Sint Jacobstraat 2, Antwerp

[2] Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Salzburg, Rudolfskai 42, Salzburg

[3] Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), University of Bremen, Postfach 33 04 40, Bremen

来源：

Interest Groups & Advocacy | 2014年 / 3卷 / 2期

基金：

奥地利科学基金会;

关键词：

European Union; interest groups; INTEREURO; Sampling; Survey methodology;

D O I：

10.1057/iga.2014.10

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摘要：

Proper sampling is the foundation for all scientific enquiry aimed at making generalizable claims about a wider set of cases. Indeed, inferential statistical analysis presupposes representative samples and units of analysis that can be considered as independent observations. Establishing a sample of issues on which lobbying may take place, which is at the same time representative of an overall population of issues and of the varying levels of conflict and political mobilization, however, is a major challenge for interest group research. Drawing on existing research practices, we discuss a series of different approaches that may be used to establish a sample of policy issues. The focus then is on the policy-centred stratified sampling procedure used in the INTEREURO project. Although our approach has important advantages, we extensively discuss several challenges we faced as well as the procedures we developed in order to deal with these. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

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页码：160 / 173

页数：13

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