The Use of Hypothetical vs. Real Country Names in IR Experiments

• In Event: JSS 10
  In JSS Session: New Faces in Political Experiments

Brief Overview

In this paper, we are testing the consequences of referring to countries in vignettes used in IR survey experiments in either abstract terms (e.g. "Country A") or by using real country names.

Authors

• Alexandra Lange, University of California, San Diego

• D.G. Kim, University of California, San Diego