Policy Fatalism: Replication Data and Code from Policy & Politics

Daniel Devine provided this replication package for the 'Policy Fatalism' study published in the journal Policy & Politics. It contains the empirical data and statistical code used to analyze political attitudes and policy-related fatalism as of March 2026. The dataset is hosted on Harvard Dataverse to ensure the reproducibility of the social science research findings.

Use Cases

• Replicating the statistical models used in the 'Policy Fatalism' paper to verify empirical findings
• Conducting secondary analysis on political fatalism variables to test alternative hypotheses
• Meta-analysis of social science data regarding public perception of policy effectiveness

Strengths

• Directly supports peer-reviewed research published in Policy & Politics
• Includes replication code for methodological transparency
• Hosted on Harvard Dataverse, ensuring long-term archival stability

Limitations

• Metadata does not specify record counts or column definitions
• Scope is restricted to the specific variables required for the 'Policy Fatalism' study

Provenance

Source

Policy & Politics journal publication by Daniel Devine

Freshness

Last updated March 10, 2026.