Katherine Casey's study analyzes the impact of structured inter-party debates on voter knowledge ahead of Sierra Leone's November 2012 elections. The analysis is governed by a pre-registered plan with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and uses exit poll data as its primary source. Randomization and treatments were conducted at multiple levels, including constituency, polling center, and individual.
Use Cases
- Analyzing treatment effects of voter information initiatives based on polling-center level randomization.
- Studying the relationship between candidate debates and voting behavior based on exit poll data.
- Examining control group outcomes in election data as mentioned in the planned analysis sequence.
- Modeling the impact of expert panel debate scoring on voter perceptions based on before/after surveys.
Strengths
- Analysis is based on a pre-registered plan with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which may reduce publication bias.
- The study design includes multi-level randomization (constituency, polling center, individual) for causal inference.
- Primary data source is an exit poll specifically mentioned for the analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Katherine Casey, via paperswithcode.
- Collection Method
- Data likely gathered from an exit poll conducted around the Sierra Leone November 2012 Elections, with treatments involving structured inter-party debates.
- Time Range
- Centered on November 2012.
- Geography
- Sierra Leone.