***************************************************************************************************** * INTRODUCTION * This .do file contains the commands to replicate my article's empirical analysis * using STATA. Also please note that these data were updated to include a handful of observations * (approx. 10) since the article was submitted to Harvard Negotiation Law Review. These data * allow you to replicate the results reported, although not the exact statistics. * * The data include some variables broadly discussed in the paper but not analyzed in final models. * I include this additional information to allow others to examine alternate specifications of * the statistical models. * ***************************************************************************************************** * SET-UP AND LOAD DATA * Please note that you may need to download the data and load it from your computer hard drive. use "http://www.poliscidata.com/replication/caseObservationsReplication.dta" ***************************************************************************************************** * DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS * Table 1: DEMOGRAPHIC COMPARISON OF COBB COUNTY AND UNITED STATES * Table 1 is based on sources cited in text, not sample of mediation sessions * Table 2: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF MEDIATION SESSION OUTCOMES summ result * Table 3: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF CASE TYPE AND COMPLEXITY VARIABLES summ divorce complaint modification contempt visitation custody damages legitimate paternity sepMaintenance /// childSupport galappointed pleadLessNotices * Table 4: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF MONTHS WAIT VARIABLE summ monthswait * TABLE 5: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT VARIABLES summ ingram bodiford staley robinson schuster grubbs kreeger nix flournoy * TABLE 6: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF ATTORNEY-RELATED VARIABLES summ numberlawyers smoothAttRate attOffset smoothAttSessions * TABLE 7: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT VARIABLE summ notices * TABLE 8: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF MEDIATOR-RELATED VARIABLES summ smoothMedRate medothercases medIsFemale medIsAttorney medHourlyRate ***************************************************************************************************** * REGRESSION ANALYSIS MODEL * TABLE 9: MULTIPLE-VARIABLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF MEDIATION SESSION OUTCOMES logit result complaint modification contempt damages galappointed pleadLessNotices monthswait /// grubbs smoothAttRate smoothAttSessions notices smoothMedRate medIsFemale medIsAttorney medHourlyRate medothercases * TABLE 10: MARGINAL IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES ON SETTLEMENT PROBABILITY * Please note: you may need to install Scott Long's post-estimation package for STATA for "prchange" to work. prchange * TABLE 11: MULTIPLE-VARIABLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF MEDIATOR SETTLEMENT RATES * Please see separate .do file (this table is based on another data file). * TABLE 12: CROSS-TABULATION OF REPEATED MEDIATION SESSIONS OUTCOMES table result repeatmed * Note, if the result is partial settlement, I consider models to incorrectly guess outcome. table result guessResult * TABLES 14, 18 * Tables 14 and 18 are based on state-agency documents cited in text. * TABLES 15 - 16 illustrate a theoretical concept. * TABLE 17: PROCESS ACTUALLY USED IN CASES NOTIFIED TO MEDIATE BY CASE TYPE * column 4 based on sample of mediated cases table casetype * column 5 based on sample of mediated cases, limited to settlements table casetype if result ==1 * column 3 based on sample of cases referred to mediation during study period but not mediated use "http://www.poliscidata.com/replication/resolvedPriorReplication.dta" table casetype * column 2 is the sum of case count in columns 3 and 4