Data of multiple studies from the Many Labs project (Klein et al., 2014) replicating Lorge & Curtiss (1936).
quote_sourceA data frame with 6343 rows and 15 columns:
participant number
attributed source of the quote: Washington or Bin Laden
evaluation of the quote on a 9-point Likert scale, with 1 indicating disagreement and 9 indicating agreement
participant's age
participant's sex
participant's citizenship
participant's race
participant's major
participant's native language
location of where the study was conducted
how the participant was compensated for their participation
how the participant was recruited
description of how the study was administered in terms of participant isolation
whether the study was conducted in the US or outside of the US (international)
whether the study was conducted in the lab or online
Lorge and Curtiss (1936) examined how a quotation is perceived when it is attributed to a liked or disliked individual. The quotation of interest was: "I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical world." In one condition the quotation was attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a liked individual, and in the other condition it was attributed to Vladimir Lenin, a disliked individual. More agreement was observed when the quotation was attributed to Jefferson than Lenin. In the replication studies, the quotation was: "I have sworn to only live free, even if I find bitter the taste of death." This quotation was attributed to either George Washington, the liked individual, or Osama Bin Laden, the disliked individual.
Lorge, I., & Curtiss, C. C. (1936). Prestige, suggestion, and attitudes. The Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 386-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1936.9919891
Klein, R.A. et al. (2014) Investigating Variation in Replicability: A "Many Labs" Replication Project. Social Psychology, 45(3), 142-152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000178