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A demonstration of the use of probit analysis, a statistical technique which circumvents the ways in which dichotomous dependent variables violate the assumptions of the classical regression model which are crucial to the interpretation of the estimates produced by the regression technique. As an illustration, probit analysis is applied to survey data to produce some valuable measures of the effect of precinct level campaigning in a municipal election. The probit model is applied to data estimating the effect of precinct-level personal contact campaigning (door-to-door canvass & telephone solicitation) on voter behavior. The data analyzed come from a sample of the 3 competitive City Council districts from Rochester, NY's 4 districts in 1967. The results indicate that personal contact campaigning in a municipal election has substantially the same effect as it does in nat'l elections. M. Duke.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Democracy, Elections, and the Voting Studies -- PART I: THE VOTER AND THE VOTING STUDIES -- CHAPTER 2 Social Politics -- CHAPTER 3 Problems in American Politics -- CHAPTER 4 The Psychological Bases of Democracy -- CHAPTER 5 The Civic Culture and Its Discontents -- PART II: ISSUES IN ELECTORAL POLITICS -- CHAPTER 6 Party Identification and Candidate Images -- CHAPTER 7 The Problem of Voter Rationality -- CHAPTER 8 The Restoration of Theory -- NOTES -- INDEX