Analyzing the Attentive, Bypassing Bias: Using Mock Vignettes in Survey Experiments

• In Event: Methodological Innovations for Better Experiments

Brief Overview

We propose "mock vignettes" as a method of capturing attentiveness to experiments, and find strong support that this method is effective in a way that does not risk inducing post-treatment bias.

Authors

• John Victor Kane, New York University

• Yamil Ricardo Velez, Columbia University

• Jason Barabas, Stony Brook University