Replication Data for: "Negative Campaigning in the Social Media Age: Attack Advertising on Facebook" (doi:10.7910/DVN/TGKZ2T)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Replication Data for: "Negative Campaigning in the Social Media Age: Attack Advertising on Facebook"
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/TGKZ2T
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2016-05-18
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	Auter, Zachary, 2016, "Replication Data for: "Negative Campaigning in the Social Media Age: Attack Advertising on Facebook"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TGKZ2T, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:LSx44nECMNQun46yUutUuA== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Replication Data for: "Negative Campaigning in the Social Media Age: Attack Advertising on Facebook"
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/TGKZ2T
Authoring Entity:	Auter, Zachary (University of Pittsburgh)
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Access Authority:	Auter, Zachary
Depositor:	Auter, Zachary
Date of Deposit:	2016-05-18
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TGKZ2T
Study Scope
Keywords:	Social Sciences
Abstract:	This location contains the replication data and syntax to reproduce the findings of the published article.
Methodology and Processing
Sources Statement
Data Access
Notes:	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>
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File Description--f2829687
File: Auter Fine PB Replication - Table 1 and Online Appendix.tab
	Number of cases: 2055 No. of variables per record: 26 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:LSx44nECMNQun46yUutUuA==
	Dataset
Variable Description
List of Variables:	name_code - Candidate Code name - Candidate revweek - Week negative - Count - Negative Posts campaignad - Count - Posts Linking to Ad postrate - Total Posts in Week cpr_rating - Avg. CPR Rating for Week foldedcpr - Competitiveness of Race - CPR with Missing Data democrat - Democratic Senator 1 = Yes sittingsen - Senator Not Up for Reelection 1 = Yes challenger - Challenger 1 = Yes incumbent - Incumbent 1 = Yes teaparty - Tea Party Endorsed Candidate 1 = Yes party - Senator Party -1 = Dem, 0 = Ind, 1 = Rep class2010 - Member of 2010 Class or Challenger leadership - Senator in Leadership 1 = Yes female - Female Senator/Candidate 1 = Yes raceid - Race ID Code oppname - Last Name of Opponent oppneg - Count of Negative Posts by Opponent oppneglag - Count of Negative Posts by Opponent in Prev Week racecompetitiveness - Avg. Race Competitiveness relativepos - Average Relative Position of Candidate neg_pct_avg - negative / postrate relativeposXweek - relativepos * revweek folded_revweek - Week 12 = 0, Weeks 1 and 23 = 11
Variables
Candidate Code
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 72.83552311435467; Max. 149.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 42.376060227852605; Valid 2055.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1/Q3PT/4y1gwR9nBo0Q2eQ==
Candidate
f2829687 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:YswYQp0SQF4925AOS1/3Cw==
Week
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 12.31873479318735; StDev 6.4271904722312385; Max. 23.0; Valid 2055.0; Min. 1.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:XRVuHTKsxwQZ2EU+fIogAA==
Count - Negative Posts
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 2055.0; Mean 1.5537712895377016; StDev 3.2780738841170782; Max. 45.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:ybG7+a7I3/nCSH2aU/3q0A==
Count - Posts Linking to Ad
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 2055.0; StDev 0.572139179753122; Max. 8.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.16155717761557187 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:5RnXfmyKYN2C/X9Q2jVMYg==
Total Posts in Week
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 2055.0; Mean 9.1873479318735; Min. 1.0; Max. 107.0; StDev 9.53558576258187 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:vANXO266boAYO8yvpXPE+A==
Avg. CPR Rating for Week
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.6171894844912922; Min. -3.0; Max. 3.0; StDev 1.9572414387925445; Valid 1393.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:5OwU52YFFz3nZHEf+loI2Q==
Competitiveness of Race - CPR with Missing Data
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 1.5779206560174486; StDev 1.3132704168874867; Max. 3.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 1393.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:de8yoV4s1VaRYow9CSZVCw==
Democratic Senator 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.5001036292977855; Mean 0.4997379749070696; Max. 1.0; Valid 2055.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:IrJXB1iI9miRSKfQ5DfdUw==
Senator Not Up for Reelection 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.557664233576642; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4967845921754963; Valid 2055.0; Max. 1.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:hJ72a+DYhxuSIKfnr+oIUw==
Challenger 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 2055.0; StDev 0.49667060201991353; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.44136253041362494; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:CUE7Cnk2W4W0CdZDBsZQ1Q==
Incumbent 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 1409.0; StDev 0.4790696718641581; Mean 0.35628105039034785; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:2A1bx3SZ/yGnFE77c7ACVQ==
Tea Party Endorsed Candidate 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.10948905109489028; Max. 1.0; Valid 2055.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.3123278209242587 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:J3vf2XJgomAoAZAuZKYO4A==
Senator Party -1 = Dem, 0 = Ind, 1 = Rep
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. -1.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.021897810218977874; StDev 0.9892348007489093; Valid 2055.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:YpQXrNtditvpGwVePMpgAw==
Member of 2010 Class or Challenger
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.46437156950798486; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.6856447688564473; Valid 2055.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:gFpY59E/5jFfS9mQLY99qg==
Senator in Leadership 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.06180048661800509; Valid 2055.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.2408514373997411 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:wtMvamZ6LRUvkGthmF7tlg==
Female Senator/Candidate 1 = Yes
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.14987834549878323; Max. 1.0; Valid 2055.0; StDev 0.35703901689368606; Min. 0.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:J8RDZODw6eI0bIGtV27KaA==
Race ID Code
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 17.935007385524358; Min. 1.0; Valid 1354.0; Max. 38.0; StDev 10.910923371437848 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:X2Nkk8+sOjc+YHdinvcDHQ==
Last Name of Opponent
f2829687 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:SBtT+FA4VfQ0DGFpzrnz/w==
Count of Negative Posts by Opponent
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 1311.0; Mean 0.10655938774065993; StDev 0.18068756155445612; Max. 1.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:ELWoKSKHJ3w2sMWTVYCMzA==
Count of Negative Posts by Opponent in Prev Week
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Mean 0.10917808175815154; Valid 1238.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.18413942384975682; Max. 1.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:59z1cEQWRxUO3JXdvILnOg==
Avg. Race Competitiveness
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 3.0; StDev 1.261723224390392; Min. 0.0; Valid 1394.0; Mean 1.456944568700008 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:3bFbItln4r+VfVs3Eqr8LA==
Average Relative Position of Candidate
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 1394.0; StDev 1.906823484230849; Max. 3.0; Min. -3.0; Mean 0.27868670815738394 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:u7jjokRER1U+z82RwbG8og==
negative / postrate
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 2055.0; Mean 0.12372666441194212; StDev 0.19923814409944324; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:1BiW47zg2o17SB1OqhHbiQ==
relativepos * revweek
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: StDev 27.50644362762113; Max. 69.0; Min. -69.0; Valid 1394.0; Mean 2.6860273423119696; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:vWS5YHIz4ZgBdd57N7TQ8Q==
Week 12 = 0, Weeks 1 and 23 = 11
f2829687 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 11.0; StDev 3.2398958493089665; Min. 0.0; Valid 2055.0; Mean 5.558637469586376; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:w5khikaxdhWZj1CRCagFxA==
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	Auter Fine PB Replication Code.txt
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