data of inner conviction.xlsx

We designed, distributed and collected questionnaires (n=72) on the basis of in-depth interviews, with court levels covering from the High Court to the Basic Court, and with judges responsible for the business of completing the questionnaires also including criminal proceedings, civil proceedings and administrative proceedings. They are all court judges(yuán'é fǎguān) of the court.At first, we had only a part of the sample (n=18) as the object of our study. But through the usual business contacts and the diffusion of understanding of the group of judges, the survey was extended to a larger sample (n=117). The final sample (n=72) included 2 Higher People's Court, 7 Intermediate People's Court and 63 Basic Court post judges,distributedin 7 courts in the target city.