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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">Just a reminder
that proposals are due to me by 5:00 pm on August 5.<span></span></span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">If you have any
questions, please let me know. Initial message is below…</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Graduate Students,<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As part of Dr. Merolla’s retention
package, she received funding for a module on the Cooperative Election Study (CES,
formerly CCES). She plans to use about a third of the 15 minutes of survey time
and is making 8-10 minutes of survey time available for graduate students and
faculty.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Background on the CES is here: <a href="https://cces.gov.harvard.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://cces.gov.harvard.edu/</span></a> <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR QUESTIONS ARE
PART OF THE TEAM CONTENT, MEANING THE SURVEY SAMPLE SIZE WILL BE 1,000
SUBJECTS.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are interested in including
questions on this CES module, please write a short proposal (1-2 pages) that
identifies your specific research question and how the items included will
provide leverage for addressing your research question with respect to the
literature to which your work speaks. Proposals should explain how including
these questions will help facilitate your research agenda (whether dissertation
or a specific paper). Please also note whether the questions you are
asking have been asked on other surveys and explain why they should be included
on this one.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In addition, you must submit the
precise questions including response categories you would like to have
included. Make sure to include any randomization rules, branching rules
(e.g., ask version 1 if race=white), etc. Finally, the proposed questions <b><u>MUST</u></b>
be properly formatted for CES submission, and your proposal <b><u>MUST</u></b>
include an estimate of the time it requires and state the relative importance
of on which part of the module it appears (must appear on pre- or post-election
survey, prefer it appears on pre/post, no preference). Please see the attached
document for guidelines on question formatting and timing.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I have also attached the Common
Content for both the pre- and post-election surveys. The Common Content
contains the questions that will be asked of respondents outside of our Team
Content. Please look it over and ensure any questions you wish to ask are not
already going to be asked. In addition, you may wish to branch off these
questions.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please also note that anything
placed on the CES requires IRB approval. Obtaining approval is not an issue (I
will take care of it), but it does require that every participant complete the
relevant online training. If you have not yet done so (or if your training is
out of date), please either do so or plan to do so immediately following
notification that your proposal has been accepted.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals should be submitted (via
email as a single document) to Dan Biggers by <b><u><span style="background:yellow">5:00 pm on August 5th</span>.</u> </b>I apologize for the short
timeline, but we only just found out that we would be able to get a module. <b><u>Late
proposals will only be considered if there is available time after the review
of all on-time submissions.</u></b><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals will be evaluated (by a
committee) based on the extent to which you demonstrate the link to your
research project, the extent to which the project makes a clear contribution
(to the literature on your question), whether the items they tap are otherwise
available from other resources, the clarity of the questions, their
appropriateness for the CES given its unique structure, and the amount of time
they take to administer. Priority will be given to those students who have or
plan to have defended their prospectus by the end of the summer, but all
proposals will be considered.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In order to ensure that as many
people as possible can take advantage of this opportunity, NO individual will
be granted more than two minutes of time. Please take this into account when
crafting your proposal. Depending on demand and the quality of proposals, we
may need to limit individuals to one minute of time. As such, if your proposal
is longer than 1 minute, please indicate how, if necessary, it could be trimmed
to a single minute of time.</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have any questions please
feel free to contact me.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dan<span></span></span></p>

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