ISPS ID:
D079
Suggested citation:
Arceneaux, Kevin (2012). Replication Materials for ‘Cognitive Biases and the Strength of Political Arguments,’ http://hdl.handle.net/10079/zgmsbrj. ISPS Data Archive.
Research design:
Data type:
Survey
Data source(s):
Author
Data source information:
isps(at)yale(dot)edu
Field date:
May 1, 2006
Field Date:
2006 - 2011
Location:
Location details:
Study 1: United States - PA, Study 2: International
Unit of observation:
Individual
Sample size:
Study 1: 210, Study 2: 300
Inclusion/exclusion:
Study 1: Most of the subjects were students at Temple University, but a handful (n=10) was drawn from the broader community. Study 2: Amazon.com Mechanical Turk panel
Randomization procedure:
Random Assignment
Treatment:
Study 1: Reading mock newspapers articles. Bias-congruent condition read a one-sided argument in support of the risky choice framed negatively, counterargument condition read a one-sided argument in support of the risk-averse choice, and it was framed more positively, competing arguments condition were presented with both arguments and saw both frames. (+control group)Study 2: A two-sided argument about a political controversy surrounding a proposal to ban high school students from forming gay-straight alliance clubs, where they confronted both a pro and anti argument that was framed either in terms of losses or gains. Emotion was manipulated by asking subjects to view a series of pictures under the pretext that they were to “provide a descriptive tag for each image,” which is a common task in the Mechanical Turk environment.
Treatment administration:
Web delivered
Outcome measures:
Study 1: Attitudes toward developing a new flu vaccine,Study 2: Support for banning gay-straight alliance clubs
Archive date:
2012
Owner:
Author
Owner contact:
isps(at)yale(dot)edu
Terms of use:
SPS Data Archive: Terms of Use
Discipline:
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