Original paper
Information Equivalence in Survey Experiments
Abstract
Survey experiments often manipulate the description of attributes in a hypothetical scenario, with the goal of learning about those attributes’ real-world effects. Such inferences rely on an underappreciated assumption: experimental conditions must be information equivalent (IE) with respect to background features of the scenario. IE is often violated because subjects, when presented with information about one attribute, update their beliefs...
Paper Details
Title
Information Equivalence in Survey Experiments
Published Date
Aug 3, 2018
Journal
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
399 - 416