liu_2023_program_evaluation

9,232 rated or chosen profiles from 1,154 respondents, in up to 4 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 4 attributes.

About this table

DescriptionUS adults (n=1,154) chose between and rated (0-100) pairs of hypothetical school energy-saving programs varying in who makes decisions, who gets implementation information, CO2 reduction and cost savings, after a randomized low-trust prime. Forced choice plus a rating of each program.
ReferenceLiu, Y., Lee, H., & Berry, F. (2023). How and when democratic values matter: Challenging the effectiveness-centric framework in program evaluation. Public Performance & Management Review, 46(4), 820-845.
DOI10.1080/15309576.2023.2184839
LicenceCC0 1.0
Source datahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FJ82VU

Notes

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Size and shape

Respondents1,154
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)9,232
Tasks per respondent (most)4
Profiles per task2
Attributes4
Tasks with no profile chosen0

Design

Topicclimate energy environment
A profile representspolicy
CountryUS
Language shownunknown
Language of stored levelsen
Randomization restrictionsunknown
Task orderrecorded in the deposit
Profile positionrecorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choicePlease indicate which project you prefer: [choice, forced]
ratingOne a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 indicates that you do not like the project at all and 100 indicates that you are totally in favor of your government adopting the project, how would you rate each project? [rating, 0 (Totally dislike) to 100 (Totally favor)]

Columns

attr_co2_reductionattr_decision_making_involvesattr_implementation_info_available_toattr_school_savingsattrpos_co2_reductionattrpos_decision_making_involvesattrpos_implementation_info_available_toattrpos_school_savingschoicecov_agecov_attention_passcov_duration_seccov_education_codecov_gendercov_ideologycov_incomecov_manip_checkcov_manip_check_passcov_racecov_trustcov_usidprofileratingtasktrial_low_trust_prime

The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("liu_2023_program_evaluation", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("liu_2023_program_evaluation", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Liu_2023, title={How and When Democratic Values Matter: Challenging the Effectiveness-Centric Framework in Program Evaluation}, volume={46}, ISSN={1557-9271}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2184839}, DOI={10.1080/15309576.2023.2184839}, number={4}, journal={Public Performance &amp; Management Review}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Liu, Yixin and Lee, Heewon and Berry, Frances}, year={2023}, month=Mar, pages={820–845} }

Version and provenance

IRW versionv584
Redivis datasetirw_conjoint v4.2
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/qkye-q530
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv4.2
Metadata sourceirw_meta v44.0