Data Codebook

Data Variable Names for Impression Formation Experiment

• rateA — Overall impression of Group A members
• 1 = Highly Unfavorable
• 2 = Mostly Unfavorable
• 3 = Somewhat Unfavorable
• 4 = Neutral
• 5 = Somewhat Favorable
• 6 = Mostly Favorable
• 7 = Highly Favorable
• rateB — Overall impression of Group B members
• meetA — Average interest in meeting the members of Group A
• 1 = I definitely would not like to meet this person
• 2 = I probably would not like to meet this person
• 3 = I probably would like to meet this person
• 4 = I definitely would like to meet this person
• meetB — Average interest in meeting the members of Group B
• desireA — Estimated number of desirable behaviors for Group A
• desireB — Estimated number of desirable behaviors for Group B
• undesireA — Estimated number of undesirable behaviors for Group A
• undesireB — Estimated number of undesirable behaviors for Group B
• desireF — Estimated number of desirable behaviors for Females
• desireM — Estimated number of desirable behaviors for Males
• undesireF — Estimated number of undesirable behaviors for Females
• undesireM — Estimated number of undesirable behaviors for Males
• sex — Sex of participant (F=Female, M=Male, N=Non-binary, O=Other)
• hsUSA — Attended High School in USA (Yes or No)
• eth — Self-described primary ethnic identity
• 0 = Not Selected
• 1 = Black or African-American
• 2 = Asian or Asian-American
• 3 = White, Anglo, Caucasian, or European-American
• 4 = Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
• 5 = American Indian or Alaska Native
• 6 = Middle Eastern or North African
• 7 = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
• 8 = Some other race or ethnicity or origin
• cs — Course Section (1 to 9, with 0=Not an actual participant - Results excluded from analysis)
• groupcode — Semester and section (for extracting subset of data)
• sessiondate — Date and time that experiment session concluded