Legislator (vs. No Opinion) (0.181) (0.142) (0.261) Dummy Variables for Strata Yes Yes Yes Observations (Issue-Respondents) 865 865 865 Clusters (Respondents) 386 386 386 R-squared 0.220 0.074 0.167 Robust standard errors in parentheses. * p<0.05, two-tailed A4: Study 1 Attitudes Towards Legislator A OLS Results – OLS OLS DV DV = Indicator DV = Binary Indicator for for Disapproves of Approves of Legislator Legislator Sent Policy Letter 0.036 0.141 (0.027) (0.089) Lagged DV 0.400* 0.605* (0.044) (0.040) Constant 0.036 0.244* (0.019) (0.063) Observations (Respondents) 395 395 R-squared 0.172 0.375 Standard errors in parentheses. * p<0.05, two-tailed A5: Study 2 Effect on Opinion OLS Results – (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES DV = Binary Indicator DV = Binary Indicator DV = Issue Opinion for with for with on Continuous Scale, Disagrees Agrees Legislator Legislator Coded -1, 0, and 1 Legislator Took -0.054* -0.068* 0.039* 0.043 0.093* 0.111* Position On (0.021) (0.027) (0.020) (0.026) (0.036) (0.046) Issue Position Justified 0.031 -0.008 -0.039 With Argument (0.034) (0.033) (0.060)
Legislator (vs. No Opinion) (0.181) (0.142) (0.261) Dummy Variables for Strata Yes Yes Yes Observations (Issue-Respondents) 865 865 865 Clusters (Respondents) 386 386 386 R-squared 0.220 0.074 0.167 Robust standard errors in parentheses. * p<0.05, two-tailed A4: Study 1 – Attitudes Towards Legislator A OLS Results OLS OLS DV DV = Indicator for Disapproves of Legislator DV = Binary Indicator for Approves of Legislator Sent Policy Letter 0.036 0.141 (0.027) (0.089) Lagged DV 0.400* 0.605* (0.044) (0.040) Constant 0.036 0.244* (0.019) (0.063) Observations (Respondents) 395 395 R-squared 0.172 0.375 Standard errors in parentheses. * p<0.05, two-tailed A5: Study 2 – Effect on Opinion OLS Results (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES DV = Binary Indicator for Disagrees with Legislator DV = Binary Indicator for Agrees with Legislator DV = Issue Opinion on Continuous Scale, Coded -1, 0, and 1 Legislator Took -0.054* -0.068* 0.039* 0.043 0.093* 0.111* Position On Issue (0.021) (0.027) (0.020) (0.026) (0.036) (0.046) Position Justified 0.031 -0.008 -0.039 With Argument (0.034) (0.033) (0.060)
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