peacecf {WhatIf}R Documentation

Counterfactual Replication Data from King and Zeng 2006b

Description

This data set is one of two that together allow the replication of the analysis in section 2.4 of King and Zeng 2006b. It contains data on 122 counterfactuals derived by King and Zeng 2006b from the factual Doyle and Sambanis 2000 data set, peacef. It should be used in conjunction with the latter.

Usage

data(peacecf)

Format

A data frame with dimensions 122-by-11. Columns are covariates and rows are data points (or units). The covariates are as in peacef with the exception of the key causal variable, untype4, which is transformed to 1 - untype4.

Source

King and Zeng 2006b

References

King, Gary and Langche Zeng. 2006. "When Can History Be Our Guide? The Pitfalls of Counterfactual Inference." International Studies Quarterly 51 (March).

Doyle, Michael W. and Nicholas Sambanis. 2000. "International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis." American Political Science Review 94, no.4: 779–801.


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