GerberGreenImai {Matching}R Documentation

Gerber and Green Dataset used by Imai

Description

This is the dataset used by Imai (2005) to replicate and evaluate the field experiment done by Gerber and Green (2000). The accompanying demo replicates Imai's propensity score model which is then used to estimate the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout.

Usage

data(GerberGreenImai)

Format

A data frame with 10829 observations on the following 26 variables.

PERSONS
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WARD
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QUESTION
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MAILGRP
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PHONEGRP
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PERSNGRP
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APPEAL
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CONTACT
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MAILINGS
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AGE
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MAJORPTY
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VOTE96.0
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VOTE96.1
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MAILCALL
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VOTED98
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PHNSCRPT
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DIS.MC
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DIS.PHN
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PHN.C
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PHNTRT1
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PHNTRT2
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PHN.C1
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PHN.C2
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NEW
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phone
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AGE2
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Details

The demo provided, entitled GerberGreenImai, uses Imai's propensity score model to estimate the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout. The propensity score model fails to balance age.

References

Gerber, Alan S. and Donald P. Green. 2000. ``The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment.'' American Political Science Review 94: 653-663.

Imai, Kosuke. 2005. ``Do Get-Out-The-Vote Calls Reduce Turnout? The Importance of Statistical Methods for Field Experiments.'' American Political Science Review 99: 283-300.

See Also

Also see Match and MatchBalance, GenMatch, balanceMV, balanceUV, ks.boot lalonde


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