R: Data from the 1998 New Haven Get-Out-the-Vote Experiment
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Data from the 1998 New Haven Get-Out-the-Vote Experiment
Description
This data set contains the most recent corrected data from the field experiment analyzed in Gerber and Green (2000).
Usage
data
Format
A data frame consisting of 9 columns and 29,380 observations.
voted98
integer
voted in 1998
0,1
persngrp
factor
personal contact attempted
0,1
phnscrpt
factor
script read to phone respondents
7 levels
mailings
factor
number of mailings sent
0 - 3
appeal
factor
content of message
3 levels
age
integer
age of respondent
majorpty
factor
Democratic or Republican
voted96.1
factor
voted in 1996
0,1
voted96.0
factor
abstained in 1996
0,1
Note: The levels of phnscrpt and appeal are follows.
phnscrpt: Script read to phone respondents
0
No phone
1
Civic-Blood
2
Civic
3
Civic or Blood-Civic
4
Neighbor
5
Neighbor or Civic-Neighbor
6
Close
appeal: Content of message
1
Civic Duty
2
Neighborhood Solidarity
3
Close Election
References
Gerber, A. S. and Green, D. P. 2000 . “The effects of canvassing, telephone calls, and direct mail on voter turnout: A field experiment.” American Political Science Review, Vol.94, No.3, pp. 653-663.
Imai, K. 2005 . “Do get-out-the-vote calls reduce turnout?: The importance of statistical methods for field experiments."" American Political Science Review, Vol.99, No.2, pp. 283-300.