31,120 rated or chosen profiles from 2,255 respondents, in up to 7 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 10 attributes.
One of 2 tables from the same source; this one is the scandal_candidates table. The others are listed under Related tables.
| Description | US MTurk workers (2021; 2,255 respondents) chose between and rated 6 pairs of hypothetical congressional candidates varying party, recent news (scandal or praise) and, depending on a randomized information environment, up to 8 further characteristics; respondents were assigned to a forced-choice arm or an arm allowing 'neither', and repeated task 1 in the other format; a replication of Funck & McCabe (2022). |
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| Reference | Miller, D. R., & Ziegler, J. (2024). Preferential abstention in conjoint experiments. Research & Politics, 11(4). |
| DOI | 10.1177/20531680241299329 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JQOPNW |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 2,255 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 31,120 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 7 |
| Profiles per task | 2 |
| Attributes | 10 |
| Tasks with no profile chosen | 2,055 |
| Topic | candidate choice, corruption accountability |
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| A profile represents | person |
| Country | US |
| Language shown | en |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | yes (stated by the source): party: each task has one Democrat and one Republican (block D-R or R-D); characteristics shown depend on the information environment (High 8, Moderate first 3 rows, Low none). Level weights (observed, undocumented): candidate gender Male about 2/3 of shown levels, race White about 1/2, profession Lawyer about 1/3 and Business owner about 1/4 |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Because the attribute levels were not randomized independently, an estimator has to account for the restriction; a plain difference in means across levels can mislead.
Outcomes:
| choice | If this election were being held in your district, would you vote for Candidate A or Candidate B? [choice, opt-out allowed] |
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| rating_cares | Please indicate how much you agree with the statements about Candidates A and B: Candidate A cares about people like me [rating, 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree)] |
| rating_good_morals | Please indicate how much you agree with the statements about Candidates A and B: Candidate A has good morals [rating, 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree)] |
| rating_shares_views | Please indicate how much you agree with the statements about Candidates A and B: Candidate A shares my views [rating, 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree)] |
attr_abortionattr_ageattr_genderattr_government_spendingattr_immigrationattr_newsattr_partyattr_professionattr_raceattr_religionattrpos_abortionattrpos_ageattrpos_genderattrpos_government_spendingattrpos_immigrationattrpos_professionattrpos_raceattrpos_religionchoicecov_abortioncov_age_groupcov_dem_strengthcov_educationcov_gendercov_gov_spendingcov_hispaniccov_ideologycov_immigrationcov_incomecov_ind_leancov_party_idcov_racecov_rep_strengthidprofilerating_caresrating_good_moralsrating_shares_viewstasktrial_armtrial_formattrial_info_environmenttrial_repeat_of
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.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("miller_2024_scandal_candidates", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("miller_2024_scandal_candidates", source="conj")
@article{Miller_2024, title={Preferential abstention in conjoint experiments}, volume={11}, ISSN={2053-1680}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20531680241299329}, DOI={10.1177/20531680241299329}, number={4}, journal={Research & Politics}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Miller, David R. and Ziegler, Jeffrey}, year={2024}, month=Oct }
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint v4.2 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qkye-q530 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v4.2 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |