This dataset is a subset of the 1994 Multi-Investigator Survey and contains
the item count technique or the list experiment. The main question reads as follows:
Now I'm going to read you four things that sometimes make people
angry or upset. After I read all (three/four), just tell me HOW MANY of
them upset you. (I don't want to know which ones, just how many.)
(1) "the federal government increasing the tax on gasoline;"
(2) "professional athletes getting million-dollar-plus salaries;"
(3) "requiring seatbelts be used when driving;"
(4) "large corporations polluting the environment;"
(5) "black leaders asking the government for affirmative action."
where the last item is presented only with the treatment group and the control list only contains the first three items.
The survey also includes a question in which attitudes toward the sensitive
item are asked directly.
Now I'm going to ask you about another thing that sometimes
makes people angry or upset. Do you get angry or upset when black leaders
ask the government for affirmative action?
Usage
data(mis)
Format
A data frame containing the following 6 variables for 1171 observations.
y
numeric
the number of items that make respondents angry
0 - 4
sensitive
numeric
whether or not the sensitive item (asked directly) makes respondents angry
0 - 1
south
numeric
whether or not a respondents live in a southern state
0 - 1
male
numeric
whether or not a respondent is male
0 - 1
college
numeric
whether or not a respondent attended some college
0 - 1
age
numeric
age of a respondent divided by 10
democrat
numeric
whether not a respondent identifies as a Democrat
0 - 1
republican
numeric
whether not a respondent identifies as a Republican
0 - 1
independent
numeric
whether not a respondent identifies as an independent
0 - 1
treat
numeric
treatment status
0 - 1
list.data
numeric
indicator for list experiment subset (treatment and control groups)