FSU Survey Research Laboratory

Florida Annual Policy Survey (FAPS)

• Client: FSU College of Social Sciences
• Telephone Survey - Random Digit Dialing
• Longitudinal public opinion data for research and public policy
• Data analysis, programs, archived data from 1979-2000

The FSU Survey Research Laboratory has been conducting the Florida Annual Policy Survey (FAPS) since 1979. This survey is designed to monitor the policy interests and attitudes of Floridians on important issues facing state and local governments. The content of the survey changes from year to year, but core demographic and attitudinal questions are consistently included. The data are gathered through a random digit dial telephone survey of the Florida adult population aged 18 years and over. Since 1990, the SRL conducted its surveys using CASES software for computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) techniques. Beginning in 2001, the SRL switched to WinCati software. Both software packages allow for scripted interviewing which produces more reliable data by minimizing coding error.

Click to go to the FAPS data archive where you can download SPSS data and view codebooks from 1979-2001:

www.fsu.edu/~survey/FAPS

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The Florida Anti-Tobacco Advertising/Media Evaluation Surveys (FAME)

The Florida Anti-Tobacco Advertising/Media Evaluation surveys are designed to measure the use of tobacco products by teenagers, the responsiveness to media campaigns on teenagers, and the effect of media on tobacco use. Interviewers use extensive probing to gather data about commercials and smoking behavior of teens. These surveys are part of a long term study being conducted by Dr. David Sly and Dr. Gary Heald.

Florida Anti-Tobacco Media Evaluation (FAME) 36 Month FAME Study
• Telephone Survey of students between the ages of 10 and 17. Parental consent was also obtained to conduct the interviews. (April - May 2001)
• Data and computer program provided to clients; open-ended qualitative questions coded
• 1,800 Completions

Florida Anti-Tobacco Media Evaluation (FAME) Panel Survey
• Telephone survey of previous respondents (February 2001)
• Data and computer program provided to clients; open-ended qualitative questions coded
• 2,100 completions