Social Image and Attitudes towards Sensitive Issues in the U.S. population

Last registered on September 20, 2019

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Social Image and Attitudes towards Sensitive Issues in the U.S. population
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0004468
Initial registration date
July 31, 2019

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
August 02, 2019, 3:31 PM EDT

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

Last updated
September 20, 2019, 11:21 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Stanford University

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2019-08-01
End date
2019-08-31
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This project studies whether social image concerns induce a sample of U.S. citizens (representative on first moments of a few observables) to misrepresent their views about sensitive socio-political such as immigration and religion.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Braghieri, Luca. 2019. "Social Image and Attitudes towards Sensitive Issues in the U.S. population." AEA RCT Registry. September 20. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4468-2.0
Former Citation
Braghieri, Luca. 2019. "Social Image and Attitudes towards Sensitive Issues in the U.S. population." AEA RCT Registry. September 20. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/4468/history/53820
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
In order to avoid experimenter demand effects, we describe the study in fields that will not become public until after the experiment is over.
Intervention Start Date
2019-08-01
Intervention End Date
2019-08-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)
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Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
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Randomization Method
Randomization will be done by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2,000 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
2,000 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1,000 individuals per treatment arm
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
0.09 of a standard deviation
Supporting Documents and Materials

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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Stanford University Panel on Human Subjects in Non-Medical Research
IRB Approval Date
2019-05-10
IRB Approval Number
IRB-49650
Analysis Plan

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Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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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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