A part-whole strategy for the study of opinions

Henry Lever; Sammy Smooha

doi:10.1086/268688

A part-whole strategy for the study of opinions

Henry Lever, Sammy Smooha

Department of Sociology

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Abstract

An empirical counterpart was sought to a theoretical typology of the orientation of Arabs in Israel to their minority status in a Jewish-Zionist state. The indications were that such an orientation was complex and that the construction of unidimensional attitude scales would not suffice. A set of 60 opinion statements was used in a five-step procedure in order to arrive at second-order unidimensionality. The procedures involved a principal factor analysis, Guttman scaling, principal component analysis, smallest space analysis, and summated ratings. A comparison between the components and the final scale of orientation is made.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	560-570
Number of pages	11
Journal	Public Opinion Quarterly
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/268688
State	Published - Dec 1981

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Abstract An empirical counterpart was sought to a theoretical typology of the orientation of Arabs in Israel to their minority status in a Jewish-Zionist state. The indications were that such an orientation was complex and that the construction of unidimensional attitude scales would not suffice. A set of 60 opinion statements was used in a five-step procedure in order to arrive at second-order unidimensionality. The procedures involved a principal factor analysis, Guttman scaling, principal component analysis, smallest space analysis, and summated ratings. A comparison between the components and the final scale of orientation is made. Henry Lever is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Haifa. Sammy Smooha is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Haifa and Visiting Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Financial support from the Institute for Research and Development of Arab Education at the University of Haifa and from the Ford Foundation received through the Israel Foundations Trustees is gratefully acknowledged.

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Communication
History
Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences
History and Philosophy of Science

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