POL222H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Community Development Council, Gender Equality, Clientelism
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Assign particular value to control variable, observe what will happen to dependent. Sample of convenience, but does resemble the demographic composition of the greater la area. Laboratory resembled a living room with sofas, easy chairs, magazines, refreshments. Participants were recruited for a study of the perceptions of local news programs. Watched a 15 minutes videotape of a recent local newscast. ^ exposure to negative ad --> \/ voter turnout. Garramone had group that did not watch ad at all. Sample of convenience, but a"s represented those affected. Can achieve high internal validity but relatively low external validity. Participants are all individuals in this real-world setting. Set up fictional candidates in a hypothetical election. In one group, participants are contacted by fictional candidates to encourage turnout. Ask if they intend to vote in this hypothetical election. Voter registration 1998 election, 100,000 population, 29,380 registered voters. Basic demographic variables and the past record of voting are also available.
