I have this jQuery to respond to a button being clicked and call an AJAX method:

1.             $(document).ready(function() {
                $("#btnGetData").click(function() {
                    alert("The button was clicked.");
   
   
                    var unitval = _unit; 
                    var begdateval = _beginDate;
                    var enddateval = _endDate; 
   
   
                    var model = JSON.stringify({ unit: unitval, begdate: begdateval, enddate: enddateval });
                    $.ajax({
                type: 'GET',
                url: '@Url.Action("GetQuadrantData", "LandingPage")',
               data: { unit: unitval, begdate: begdateval, enddate: enddateval},
                contentType: 'application/json',
                cache: false,
                success: function (returneddata) {
                },
                error: function () {
                alert('hey, boo-boo!');
                }
                    });
                }); // button click
               }); // ready

It is not just that the REST method is not getting called - this handler is apparently not firing at all, as I see no alerts (neither "The button was clicked." nor "hey, boo-boo!").

The script *is* being added - I can step through it, and the vars (such as "unitval") *are* being assigned the appropriate values.

So why does clicking the button, which is declared like so:

1. <button class="btn green smallbutton" id="btnGetData" name="btnGetData">SUBMIT</button>

...do nothing?