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Overview

Scott Keeter is affiliated with the Pew Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the social sciences, with particular attention to sociology, political science, and communication. Their work engages deeply with topics including survey methodology and nonresponse, privacy, security, and data protection, as well as social media and politics.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott Keeter is "Strategies for Detecting Insincere Respondents in Online Polling," published in 2021 in Public Opinion Quarterly. This publication has garnered academic attention with 27 citations.

Scott Keeter has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Arnold Lau, Courtney Kennedy, Nicholas Hatley, Andrew E. Mercer, and Joshua Ferno. Arnold Lau stands out as the most frequent co-author with two joint publications.

Their research contributions are predominantly featured in the journal Public Opinion Quarterly, which is the primary publication venue noted for Scott Keeter's work.

Core fields of study for Scott Keeter include:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields of study involve:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication

The main topics of their work cover the following areas:

  • Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Social Media and Politics

Best Publications

  • What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Consequences of Reducing Nonresponse in a National Telephone Survey

    Scott Keeter;Carolyn Miller;Andrew Kohut;Robert M. Groves

  • Measuring Political Knowledge: Putting First Things First

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Gauging the Impact of Growing Nonresponse on Estimates from a National RDD Telephone Survey

    Scott Keeter;Courtney Kennedy;Michael Dimock;Jonathan Best

  • A New Engagement

    Cliff Zukin;Scott Keeter;Molly Andolina;Krista Jenkins

  • The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: A Generational Portrait.

    Scott Keeter;Cliff Zukin;Molly Andolina;Krista Jenkins

  • THE ILLUSION OF INTIMACY TELEVISION AND THE ROLE OF CANDIDATE PERSONAL QUALITIES IN VOTER CHOICE

    Scott Keeter

  • STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE U.S. PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICS

    Michael X. Delli Carini;Scott Keeter

  • Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.

    Paul Taylor;Scott Keeter

  • Searching for the Meaning of Youth Civic Engagement: Notes From the Field

    Molly W. Andolina;Krista Jenkins;Scott Keeter;Cliff Zukin

  • What's Missing from National Landline RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population

    Scott Keeter;Courtney Kennedy;April Clark;Trevor Tompson

  • Theory and practice in non-probability surveys : parallels between causal inference and survey inference

    Andrew W. Mercer;Andrew W. Mercer;Frauke Kreuter;Frauke Kreuter;Scott Keeter;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Effects of the News Media Environment on Citizen Knowledge of State Politics and Government

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter;J. David Kennamer

  • ESTIMATING TELEPHONE NONCOVERAGE BIAS WITH A TELEPHONE SURVEY

    Scott Keeter

  • The Internet and an Informed Citizenry

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Covering Campaigns: Journalism in Congressional Elections

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  • The Impact of Cell Phone Noncoverage Bias on Polling in the 2004 Presidential Election

    Scott Keeter

  • How young people view their lives, futures and politics : A portrait of Generation Next

    Andrew Kohut;Kim Parker;Scott Keeter;Carroll Doherty

  • Transitions from Telephone Surveys to Self-Administered and Mixed-Mode Surveys: AAPOR Task Force Report

    Kristen Olson;Jolene D Smyth;Rachel Horwitz;Scott Keeter

  • What Should Be Learned through Service Learning

    Michael X. Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

  • Does Mass Communication Change Public Opinion After All? A New Approach to Effects Analysis, <i>by James B. Lemert</i>

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  • Is Civic Behavior Political? Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Political Participation

    Krista Jenkins;Molly W. Andolina;Scott Keeter;Cliff Zukin

  • Cell-Phone-Only Voters in the 2008 Exit Poll and Implications for Future Noncoverage Bias

    Michael Mokrzycki;Scott Keeter;Courtney Kennedy

  • Presidential Address: Survey Research, Its New Frontiers, and Democracy

    Scott Keeter

  • The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge

    Michael X Delli Carpini;Scott Keeter

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael X. Delli Carpini
Michael X. Delli Carpini University of Pennsylvania
Frauke Kreuter
Frauke Kreuter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stanley Presser
Stanley Presser University of Maryland, College Park
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Elizabeth A. Stuart
Elizabeth A. Stuart Johns Hopkins University

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