The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication and 1 reproduction of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful, 1 failed. The earliest on record is from 2005.
Replications
- Correction to Gerber and Green (2000), Replication of Disputed Findings, and Reply to Imai (2005), GERBER & GREEN (2005). American Political Science Review. Outcome recorded: successful.
A replication of the New Haven experiment reproduces both the findings reported in Gerber and Green 2000 and the biases of Imai's statistical analysis.
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Reproductions
- Do Get-Out-the-Vote Calls Reduce Turnout? The Importance of Statistical Methods for Field Experiments, IMAI (2005). American Political Science Review. Outcome recorded: computational issues, robustness challenges.
Computational: the negative finding is caused by inadvertent deviations from their stated experimental protocol.
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Cite this record
Gerber, A. S., & Green, D. P. (2000). The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment. American Political Science Review, 94(3), 653–663. https://doi.org/10.2307/2585837
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