GerberGreenImai           package:Matching           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This is the dataset used by Imai (forthcoming) to replicate and
     evaluate the field experiment done by Gerber and Green (2000). The
     accompanying example code provides a model with good balance which
     estimates the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on
     turnout.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(GerberGreenImai)

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

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_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The demo provided, entitled 'GerberGreenImai', estimates the
     causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout. The
     balancing model achieves _exact_ balance on all covariates except
     for age.  And for age, balance is very good.  This model estimates
     the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout
     to be not significantly different from zero.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     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. forthcoming. ``Do Get-Out-The-Vote Calls Reduce
     Turnout? The Importance of Statistical Methods for Field
     Experiments.''  _American Political Science Review_.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

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

