Police Reality TV Experiment

Last registered on May 24, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Police Reality TV Experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011415
Initial registration date
May 17, 2023

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
May 24, 2023, 12:01 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Emma Rackstraw
Affiliation
Harvard University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-06-01
End date
2023-11-01
Keywords
Behavior, Crime, Violence, & Conflict, Lab
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This Prolific experiment will investigate the effects of reality television focused on police on individuals' beliefs and attitudes.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Rackstraw, Emma. 2023. "Police Reality TV Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. May 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11415-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Participants will watch a 3-minute clip from a randomly assigned show. They then answer questions about their beliefs and attitudes.
Intervention Start Date
2023-06-05
Intervention End Date
2023-06-23

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
confidence measure, spending measure, estimated productivity
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants will be assigned to either a treatment group, which sees a clip from a reality show about police, or a placebo group, which sees a clip from a reality show about an unrelated profession.
Experimental Design Details
Participants will be assigned to either a treatment group, which sees a clip from a reality show about police, or a placebo group, which sees a clip from a reality show about an unrelated profession. The set of clips is randomly assigned within each arm. For example, a random subset of 10 clips from a reality show about police was chosen, and another random subset of 10 clips from other reality shows on the same channel in the same time period from YouTube. This also allows me to test whether the content of the clips themselves is important.
Randomization Method
randomization done by Qualtrics (random number assignment by computer)
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
650 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
650 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
2/3 treatment, 1/3 placebo
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard University-Area Committee on the Use of Human Subjects
IRB Approval Date
2023-05-16
IRB Approval Number
IRB23-0622
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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Reports & Other Materials