This folder contains files necessary to replicate results in the main text of "Hopes and Disappointments" (Kilavuz and Sumaktoyo 2020).

As the analysis is based on item-response (IRT) results, the IRT models have to be run first by running files in the "1. IRT Calculation 2,3" and the "2. IRT Calculation 1,2,3" folders. As these models require a high performance computing system, the outputs of these models are already provided in the folders for user convenience.

After the IRT results are produced, then the analysis can proceed by running the STATA / R files provided in this folder.
