                              1979 Pilot Study
                           NES DATASET NUMBER 1979.P

                              No. Cases: 280
                              No. Variables: 930


SPECIAL CONTENT:
  Candidate evaluations (traits and affects); dimensions partisanship;
  inflation vs. unemployment tradeoff; social context (friends and
  neighborhood); most important problem follow+ups.

DESIGN FEATURES:
  The 1979 pilot study was carried out in two waves.  Wave I (March 5 to 
  March 16) encompassed 280 interviews, and Wave II (March 26 to April 13)
  obtained 236 reinterviews.  Each wave used two questionnaires, Form A 
  and Form B, administered to different half-samples.
  The 1979 pilot study differed from other pilots in two respects. Its sample
  was independent of the previous year's (1978), and it employed personal
  interviews instead of telephone interviews. 


