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400 letters sent to state legislators in a 2x2 factorial experiment varying the apparent ethnicity of the writer and the quality of the grammar. Used in Chapter 9 as the running example of factorial designs and moderators.

Usage

rosen_2010

Format

A data frame with 400 rows and 7 columns:

observation

Letter number, 1 to 400

letter_name

Name signed on the letter, Colin or Jose

X_legislator_hispanic

Recipient legislator is Hispanic

Z_hispanic

Letter signed with the Hispanic name

Z_grammar_label

Grammar quality, good or bad

Z_good_grammar

Letter used good grammar

Y_response

Legislator replied

Source

Rosen, J. (2010). The Effects of Race and Grammar Quality on the Responsiveness of American State Legislators: A Field Experiment. Unpublished manuscript. ISPS Data Archive study D081 doi:10.60600/YU/VUH8KD , file 42255 (GerberGreebBook_Chapter9_Rosen). Built by data-raw/studies.R.