Study title

Presidential Elections 2012: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD2991

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2991
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2991

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)

Abstract

The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) voting advice application presented candidates in the 2012 Finnish presidential elections with 20 attitudinal statements regarding politics, presidency, the president's duties and powers, foreign and defence policy, and domestic policy. The candidates evaluated these statements on a likert scale and provided rationale for their responses. Background variables included age, gender, home municipality, mother tongue, language proficiency, education, income, and campaign financing.

Keywords

defence and state security policy; elections; foreign policy; presidential elections; voting advice applications

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Data Producers

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Time Period Covered

2012

Collection Dates

2011-12-12 – 2012-01-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates in the 2012 Finnish presidential elections

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE): Presidential Elections 2012: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2015-12-03). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2991

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Further information (in Finnish): Open data on YLE presidential election voting advice application

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