Aldrich-McKelvey scaling program
(Updated From Homework 6!)
1996 NES Data
1996 Liberal-Conservative Control Card Fileand place them in the same folder on a WINTEL machine. Read the Aldrich-McKelvey scaling program page to see how to run the program.
Here are the first few lines of ELEC1996_CLASS_2003.DAT (Note that there are two lines for each respondent!):
1001 3 18 1 1 0 3 38 1 1 3 40 40 35 41 41 50 25 10 35 41 50 50 1 10 55 20 40 40 40 4 2 6 7 2 5
40 40 30 50 35 51 35 70 70 40 35 50 45 70 65 70 30 30 75 49 50 40
1002 2 14 0 1 0 1 74 0 1 1 85 60 50 85 60 70 60 70 0 70 60 40 0 50 60 15 70 60 70 4 3 6 8 3 7
85 60 50 85 70 100 85 100 85 70 70 998 70 100 70 85 60 70 100 85 70 60
1003 1 8 0 0 1 1 30 1 5 0 70 60 60 70 997 60 50 70 50 50 997 50 997 997 50 997 85 60 60 0 4 5 6 5 5
85 50 50 60 50 60 40 40 40 50 60 60 60 50 40 85 50 50 50 40 30 50
1004 1 12 0 0 1 2 21 0 1 1 85 55 50 80 997 70 70 50 50 65 50 60 997 997 50 997 85 55 70 4 2 6 8 2 6
70 40 40 70 70 85 70 85 85 60 70 70 70 70 60 85 70 85 85 85 50 85
1005 3 21 0 1 0 3 24 1 1 2 30 85 40 50 60 60 40 40 60 60 50 70 30 50 60 50 50 60 50 4 1 6 4 2 6
40 70 30 50 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 60 50 40 50 40 40 50 60 50 50
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
The variables, in order, are:
RESPONDENT ID = unique 8 digit number
PARTY ID = 0 to 6 -- 0 = Strong Democrat
1 = Weak Democrat
2 = Lean Democrat
3 = Independent
4 = Lean Republican
5 = Weak Republican
6 = Strong Republican
FAMILY INCOME = 1 to 24 1. A. None or less than $2,999
2. B. $3,000-$4,999
3. C. $5,000-$6,999
4. D. $7,000-$8,999
5. E. $9,000-$9,999
6. F. $10,000-$10,999
7. G. $11,000-$11,999
8. H. $12,000-$12,999
9. J. $13,000-$13,999
10. K. $14,000-$14.999
11. M. $15,000-$16,999
12. N. $17,000-$19,999
13. P. $20,000-$21,999
14. Q. $22,000-$24,999
15. R. $25,000-$29,999
16. S. $30,000-$34,999
17. T. $35,000-$39,999
18. U. $40,000-$44,999
19. V. $45,000-$49,999
20. W. $50,000-$59,999
21. X. $60,000-$74,999
22. Z. $75,000-89,999
23. AA. $90,000-$104,999
24. BB. $105,000 and over
RACE = 0 White, 1 Black
SEX = 0 Man, 1 Woman
SOUTH = 0 North, 1 South
EDUCATION = 1 High School or less, 2 Some College, 3 College
AGE = In Years
MARRIED = 0 Single, 1 Married
VOTED = 1 IF VOTED, 5= NOT VOTED, 0=NO POST ELECTION INTERVIEW
VOTE CHOICE = 0 NON-VOTER
= 1 CLINTON
= 2 DOLE
= 3 PEROT
= 7 OTHER
FEELING THERMOMETERS (0 TO 100) -- PRE-ELECTION
= CLINTON
= DOLE
= PEROT
= GORE
= KEMP
= HILLARY CLINTON
= BUCHANAN
= JACKSON, JESSE
= GINGRICH
= POWELL, COLIN
= FORBES, STEVE
= GRAMM, PHIL
= FARRAKHAN
= ALEXANDER, LAMAR
= DOLE, ELIZABETH
= ROBERTSON, PAT
= DEMOCRATIC PARTY
= REPUBLICAN PARTY
= PARTIES IN GENERAL
LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE SCALE (1=EXTREMELY LIBERAL, 2=LIBERAL, 3=SLIGHTLY LIBERAL,
4=MODERATE; MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, 5=SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE,
6=CONSERVATIVE, 7=EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE)
= SELF-PLACEMENT
= CLINTON
= DOLE
= PEROT
= DEMOCRATIC PARTY
= REPUBLICAN PARTY
********************* Second Line **************************
FEELING THERMOMETERS (0 TO 100) -- POST-ELECTION
= CLINTON
= DOLE
= PEROT
= SUPREME COURT
= CONGRESS
= THE MILITARY
= FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON
= BLACKS
= WHITES
= CONSERVATIVES
= LIBERALS
= LABOR UNIONS
= BIG BUSINESS
= POOR PEOPLE
= PEOPLE ON WELFARE
= HISPANICS
= CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS
= WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
= OLDER PEOPLE
= ENVIRONMENTALISTS
= GAY MEN AND LESBIANS
= CHRISTIAN COALITION
Run the Aldrich-McKelvey scaling procedure on the 1996 election
Liberal-Conservative 7-Point scale. Save the coordinate output files. -
Use Epsilon to merge the PARTY ID,
FAMILY INCOME, RACE, SEX, and VOTE CHOICE
variables from ELEC1996_CLASS_2003.DAT into the coordinate
output file. For example, here are the first few lines of the coordinate
output file:
LINE # CASE # R POS ALPHA BETA SCALED POS RSQ
1 1001 4.0 -1.2671 0.2880 -0.1152 0.8158 0.9032
5 1005 4.0 -1.1807 0.3107 0.0621 0.9317 0.9652
7 1007 7.0 -1.4578 0.3313 0.8614 0.9779 0.9889
9 1009 4.0 0.6421 -0.1459 0.0584 0.1502 -0.3875
10 1010 7.0 -1.1927 0.2982 0.8945 0.9075 0.9526
11 1011 5.0 -1.1995 0.3157 0.3788 0.7767 0.8813
12 1012 4.0 -2.6500 0.4907 -0.6870 0.8046 0.8970
etc etc etc
and here are the first few lines of the coordinate output file after the
variables are merged in (using a macro that I wrote):
1 1001 3 18 1 1 3 4.0 -1.2671 0.2880 -0.1152 0.8158 0.9032
5 1005 3 21 0 1 2 4.0 -1.1807 0.3107 0.0621 0.9317 0.9652
7 1007 6 22 0 0 2 7.0 -1.4578 0.3313 0.8614 0.9779 0.9889
9 1009 2 20 0 1 1 4.0 0.6421 -0.1459 0.0584 0.1502 -0.3875
10 1010 5 14 0 0 3 7.0 -1.1927 0.2982 0.8945 0.9075 0.9526
11 1011 3 19 0 1 3 5.0 -1.1995 0.3157 0.3788 0.7767 0.8813
12 1012 2 2 0 1 0 4.0 -2.6500 0.4907 -0.6870 0.8046 0.8970
etc etc etc
Turn in the Epsilon macro you write that inserts
the above variables into the coordinate file. In the macro, use a
split screen and place the coordinate file in the top screen and
ELEC1996_CLASS_2003.DAT in the bottom screen.Read the above file into R and make smoothed histograms of the scaled positions of the respondents by positive and negative BETA values. Also use arrows to show the locations of President Clinton and Senator Dole (see question 1 of Homework 6 for an example of how to draw arrows). The graph should look something like the following:
Turn in the R code you used to make your graph. Interpret the graph. What does it tell you about American politics? Be Precise! Limit yourself to no more than two paragraphs.
Make smoothed histograms of the scaled positions of the respondents by their presidential vote (Clinton and Dole) using positive BETA respondents only! Use arrows to show the locations of President Clinton and Senator Dole. (Use only positive BETA respondents for the rest of the questions below. Also use arrows to show the locations of President Clinton and Senator Dole in all the graphs below.) Turn in the graph and the R code you used to make your graph.
Make smoothed histograms of the scaled positions by Race. Turn in the graph and the R code you used to make your graph.
Make smoothed histograms of the scaled positions by Sex. Turn in the graph and the R code you used to make your graph.
Make smoothed histograms of the scaled positions by Low and High Income. Pick a reasonable breakpoint -- for example, $35,000 and down versus $35,000 and up. Turn in the graph and the R code you used to make your graph. Also, write a short paragraph justifying your breakpoint!!!
Metric Unfolding Program (MLSMU6)
Control Card File for Metric Unfolding
Program (unfold.1996ctl -- rename to unfold.ctl!!!)
1996 NES Data (Same as Problem 1 above)-
Run MLSMU6. It will produce an output
file called FORT.22. The first 25 lines look
like this:
CLINTON -0.7388 0.1273 163.9993 0.7506 1540.0000
DOLE 0.8301 0.3728 134.2747 0.5949 1521.0000
PEROT 0.1972 -1.1306 245.6263 0.2703 1496.0000
GORE -0.6888 0.3322 143.3021 0.5974 1480.0000
KEMP 0.6632 0.4655 96.9593 0.5358 1297.0000
HILLARY -0.8665 0.1608 199.1098 0.6570 1524.0000
BUCHANAN 0.7580 -0.7402 174.6813 0.3506 1386.0000
JACKSON -0.8705 -0.4622 257.3374 0.3382 1504.0000
GINGRICH 1.1949 -0.0858 165.5293 0.5622 1373.0000
POWELL 0.2317 0.4175 155.3202 0.2366 1415.0000
FORBES 0.6697 0.6597 134.1059 0.1870 1157.0000
GRAMM 1.0107 -0.0378 137.3536 0.3037 998.0000
FARRAKHAN -0.3684 -1.3468 210.7717 0.2807 1057.0000
ALEXANDER 0.4608 0.8197 89.8681 0.1664 826.0000
LIZDOLE 0.6073 0.4133 127.9372 0.5034 1413.0000
ROBERTSON 0.7747 -0.7095 160.0973 0.3750 1170.0000
DEMPARTY -0.7380 0.1544 142.5958 0.6156 1527.0000
REPUBPARTY 0.8112 0.3398 134.0655 0.5916 1522.0000
PARTIES 0.0842 0.8601 211.9990 0.1288 1501.0000
1001 -0.0133 -0.1806 3.6160 0.1348 19.0000
1002 -0.2228 0.2068 1.5204 0.6861 19.0000
1003 -0.1091 -0.1259 0.7092 0.3184 14.0000
1004 -0.0985 -0.0059 1.0233 0.4076 15.0000
1005 0.2494 -0.0768 0.8778 0.3932 19.0000
1006 -0.0126 -0.1091 1.0874 0.4312 15.0000
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
Use R to plot the
14 stimuli in two dimensions. Use Epsilon to insert the VOTE CHOICE variable into FORT.22 (strip off the candidate coordinates first). Then use R to make two-dimensional plots of the Voters and Non-Voters (in one plot), and Clinton Voters and Dole Voters (in one plot).
Use R to make smoothed histograms -- using the first dimension from the thermometer scaling -- of the Voters and Non-Voters only, and the Clinton and Dole Voters only. Use arrows to show the locations of President Clinton and Senator Dole in both graphs. Do the positions of President Clinton and Senator Dole make sense? Why? Why Not? Limit your answer to no more than two paragraphs.
We are now going to analyze all of the 1996 feeling thermometers including those for the social groups (!!) using metric unfolding. Download the control card file below:
Control Card File for Metric
Unfolding Program (unfold.1996ctlall -- rename to unfold.ctl!!!)Run MLSMU6. It will produce an output file called FORT.22. The first 50 lines of FORT.22 should look like this:
CLINTON -0.7617 0.0167 213.0920 0.6965 1544.0000
DOLE 0.8725 0.3212 154.6721 0.5401 1521.0000
PEROT 0.2068 -1.1813 273.8673 0.1851 1496.0000
GORE -0.7736 0.1087 174.2038 0.5157 1480.0000
KEMP 0.7130 0.4111 112.2532 0.4619 1297.0000
HILLARY -0.8975 -0.0196 246.9346 0.5969 1525.0000
BUCHANAN 0.8085 -0.7482 188.1940 0.2881 1386.0000
JACKSON -0.8584 -0.5566 287.9435 0.2534 1504.0000
GINGRICH 1.2095 -0.0931 181.5659 0.5315 1373.0000
POWELL 0.2502 0.4181 171.3844 0.1520 1415.0000
FORBES 0.9675 0.1902 173.7938 0.1253 1157.0000
GRAMM 0.9429 -0.4033 122.1787 0.2623 998.0000
FARRAKHAN -0.3453 -1.4133 260.0491 0.1228 1057.0000
ALEXANDER 0.7597 0.5958 117.1315 0.0858 826.0000
LIZDOLE 0.6442 0.3819 148.2997 0.4221 1413.0000
ROBERTSON 0.8092 -0.7353 177.2322 0.3031 1170.0000
DEMPARTY -0.7705 -0.0026 170.0959 0.5533 1528.0000
REPUBPARTY 0.8530 0.2909 153.7096 0.5382 1522.0000
PARTIES 0.1958 0.8476 202.1998 0.1355 1503.0000
CLINTON2 -0.7410 0.0548 173.3130 0.6795 1383.0000
DOLE2 0.7955 0.4188 136.7675 0.4474 1377.0000
PEROT2 0.2844 -1.0988 241.8871 0.1318 1367.0000
SUPREMES 0.0236 0.6571 104.0556 0.2944 1353.0000
CONGRESS 0.3073 0.7279 121.1777 0.2426 1363.0000
MILITARY 0.2345 0.4562 154.3658 0.2396 1367.0000
FEDGOVTDC -0.5555 0.6514 166.3660 0.2452 1371.0000
BLACKS -0.0463 0.5683 128.7191 0.3000 1353.0000
WHITES 0.0648 0.4484 126.4398 0.2431 1343.0000
CONSERVATIVES 0.6573 0.3807 107.4009 0.4016 1338.0000
LIBERALS -0.8786 0.2090 108.8771 0.5036 1332.0000
LABOR_UNIONS -0.8645 -0.0824 220.5625 0.2083 1351.0000
BIG_BIZ 0.4030 0.7168 141.4666 0.2268 1363.0000
POOR_PPL 0.0102 0.4745 132.1431 0.2263 1351.0000
WELFARE_PPL -0.3401 0.8276 168.7679 0.1980 1342.0000
HISPANICS -0.0221 0.6226 132.9463 0.2674 1332.0000
CHRISTIAN_F 0.6974 -0.5901 242.6430 0.1415 1258.0000
WOMENS_MOV -0.5458 0.3856 161.8983 0.3747 1356.0000
OLD_PPL 0.0243 0.2455 121.3204 0.1872 1371.0000
TREE_HUG -0.4010 0.4900 145.0897 0.3047 1349.0000
GAY_PPL -0.7721 0.8228 288.4792 0.2511 1346.0000
CHRISTIAN_COA 0.7268 -0.5563 224.7862 0.1731 1227.0000
1001 -0.0385 -0.1809 5.5829 0.2851 41.0000
1002 -0.1246 0.2321 3.1604 0.7269 40.0000
1003 -0.1068 -0.2787 2.3699 0.1160 36.0000
1004 -0.0867 0.0454 2.4918 0.5024 37.0000
1005 0.2132 -0.1741 2.8389 0.0961 41.0000
1006 0.0544 -0.1918 2.7069 0.4889 37.0000
1007 0.5026 -0.0300 4.5429 0.6157 41.0000
1008 -0.1038 0.0182 5.5897 0.2888 39.0000
1009 -0.0404 0.0111 2.0810 0.4197 39.0000
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
Use R to plot the 41 politicians, parties,
institutions, and social groups in two dimensions. Interpret the two
dimensions. What do you think they are and does the relative placement
of the 41 stimuli make sense to you. Justify your answer.
W-NOMINATE Program (WNOM9707.EXE)
W-NOMINATE Control Card File for
104th House (NOMSTART.H104 -- rename to NOMSTART.DAT!!!)
W-NOMINATE Control Card File for
104th Senate (NOMSTART.S104 -- rename to NOMSTART.DAT!!!)
104th House
roll call data
104th Senate
roll call data-
Run W-NOMINATE on the 104th
House. Turn in the NOM21.DAT output file.
The legislator coordinates are in the output file NOM31.DAT. The first few lines should look like this:
11049990999 0USA 100 CLINTON 55 17 6 99 0.733 -0.587 0.065
21041509041 1ALABAMA 20000CALLAHAN 563 58 15 503 0.853 0.729 0.043
31042930041 2ALABAMA 20000EVERETT 571 70 21 502 0.825 0.746 0.041
41041563241 3ALABAMA 10000BROWDER 459 89 120 462 0.664 -0.037 0.015
51041100041 4ALABAMA 10000BEVILL 438 121 108 462 0.660 -0.081 0.015
61042910041 5ALABAMA 10000CRAMER 470 97 116 480 0.662 -0.023 0.014
71042930141 6ALABAMA 20000BACHUS 602 32 34 488 0.856 0.689 0.036
81042930241 7ALABAMA 10000HILLIARD 457 121 34 504 0.726 -0.643 0.023
91041406681 1ALASKA 20000YOUNG, DON 519 49 31 466 0.814 0.592 0.031
101042950061 1ARIZONA 20000SALMON 615 37 45 468 0.840 0.816 0.045
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
The legislator coordinates are in the next to the last column (shown in red). For example,
former President Clinton's coordinate is -0.587. Use
R to make a smoothed histogram
of the Republicans and Democrats in the 104th House using the estimated
coordinates above (the party code is shown in blue). Use arrows to show the
locations of former President Clinton and former Speaker of the House Newt
Gingrich.Use Epsilon to change the number of dimensions to "2" in NOMSTART.DAT and run the program again (be sure to save NOM31.DAT from the one dimensional run as it will be overwritten). NOMSTART.DAT (NOMSTART.H104) looks like this:
HOU104KP.ORD Name of Data File
NOMINAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNFOLDING Title of Run
1321 1 5 Number RCs, Left on 1st, Up on 2nd
1 36 Number Dimensions, Number Characters to Read From Header
15.0000 0.5000 Starting Values for BETA and WEIGHT
0.0250 20 RC Min. Cutoff, Number RCs for Legislator
(36A1,3600I1) Format for Roll Call File
(1x,I4,36A1,1X,4i4,51f7.3) Format for Legislator Coordinate File -- NOM31.DAT
(1x,I4,36A1,1X,51f7.3) Format for H-S Coordinate File -- FORT.34
The red "1" in the fourth line is the number of dimensions. This is the
number you should change to "2". Leave everything else in the file the same!
Run W-NOMINATE on the 104th
House in two dimensions. Turn in the NOM21.DAT output file.The two-dimensional coordinate file looks like this:
11049990999 0USA 100 CLINTON 54 17 7 99 0.729 -0.594 -0.116 0.066 0.129
21041509041 1ALABAMA 20000CALLAHAN 561 36 17 525 0.880 0.758 0.653 0.042 0.132
31042930041 2ALABAMA 20000EVERETT 569 50 23 522 0.852 0.774 0.634 0.040 0.132
41041563241 3ALABAMA 10000BROWDER 473 35 106 516 0.733 -0.034 0.842 0.015 0.083
51041100041 4ALABAMA 10000BEVILL 448 57 98 526 0.723 -0.079 0.759 0.015 0.075
61042910041 5ALABAMA 10000CRAMER 474 46 112 531 0.710 -0.018 0.688 0.015 0.064
71042930141 6ALABAMA 20000BACHUS 597 25 39 495 0.861 0.695 0.232 0.035 0.078
81042930241 7ALABAMA 10000HILLIARD 445 117 46 508 0.748 -0.642 0.417 0.023 0.046
91041406681 1ALASKA 20000YOUNG, DON 517 34 33 481 0.839 0.600 0.583 0.031 0.122
101042950061 1ARIZONA 20000SALMON 623 35 37 470 0.842 0.826 -0.119 0.045 0.075
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
The legislator coordinates are are the third and fourth columns from the end (shown
in red). For example, former President Clinton's coordinates are -0.594 and -0.116.
Use R to plot the legislators in two dimensions. Use
"D" for Non-Southern Democrats, "S" for Southern Democrats, "R" for Republicans, and
"P" for President Clinton. This graph should be in the same format as the one
you did for question 3.e of Homework 6 and
question 3.b of Homework 8.Use R to make a smoothed histogram of the Republicans and Democrats in the 104th House using the estimated first dimension coordinates above. Use arrows to show the locations of former President Clinton and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Run W-NOMINATE on the 104th Senate. Turn in the NOM21.DAT output file.
Use R to make a smoothed histogram of the Republicans and Democrats in the 104th Senate using the estimated coordinates from the NOM31.DAT file. Use arrows to show the locations of former President Clinton, and Senators Kennedy and Helms.
Use Epsilon to change the number of dimensions to "2" in NOMSTART.DAT and run the program again (be sure to save NOM31.DAT from the one dimensional run as it will be overwritten). Use R to plot the legislators in two dimensions. Use "D" for Non-Southern Democrats, "S" for Southern Democrats, "R" for Republicans, and "P" for President Clinton. This graph should be in the same format as the one you did for question 3.e of Homework 6 and question 3.b of Homework 8.
Use R to make a smoothed histogram of the Republicans and Democrats in the 104th Senate using the estimated first dimension coordinates above. Use arrows to show the locations of former President Clinton and Senators Kennedy and Helms.
Compare the plots in parts (b), (e), (g), and (i) with those you did for the mass public in parts 1(c) and 2(c) above. What is politically important about these plots? Be specific and limit yourself to no more than two paragraphs.
Optimal Classification Program (PERFL -- Updated, 12 April 2003)
OC Control Card File for 1968 Election
(PERFSTRT.1968NEW)
OC Control Card File for 2000 Election
(PERFSTRT.2000NEW)
1968 Election Data (VOTE_THERM_1968.ORD -- Updated, 12 April 2003)
2000 Election Data (VOTE_THERM_2000A.ORD -- Updated, 12 April 2003)-
Run PERFL on the 1968 data and
turn in the PERF21.DAT file.
The first 20 lines of PERF25.DAT for the 1968 data look like this:
12 APRIL 2003 16.14.31.40.
1 WALLACE 0 11 1.000 0.501 0.364 -0.049
2 HUMPHREY 0 11 1.000 0.501 -0.306 0.000
3 NIXON 0 11 1.000 0.501 0.226 0.000
4 MCCARTHY 3 11 0.727 0.098 0.024 0.199
5 REAGAN 1 11 0.909 0.501 0.178 0.127
6 ROCKEFELLER 1 11 0.909 0.501 0.082 0.258
7 LBJ 1 11 0.909 0.501 -0.037 -0.474
8 ROMNEY 2 11 0.818 0.304 -0.114 0.689
9 R.KENNEDY 0 11 1.000 0.501 -0.173 0.000
10 MUSKIE 2 11 0.818 0.038 -0.231 0.249
11 AGNEW 2 11 0.818 0.111 0.091 0.007
12 LEMAY 1 11 0.909 0.501 0.144 -0.403
13 1 6 14 0 0 0 3 28 0 1 2 7 110 0.936 0.010 0.078 0.275
14 2 1 15 0 0 0 3 25 0 1 1 6 120 0.950 0.223 -0.499 0.599
15 4 3 13 0 0 1 1 25 1 5 0 32 108 0.704 0.110 0.078 0.180
16 5 5 21 0 0 1 1 42 1 5 0 6 84 0.929 0.202 0.431 0.681
17 7 1 10 0 1 1 1 83 0 1 3 16 98 0.837 0.058 0.077 -0.293
18 8 4 20 0 1 1 1 54 1 5 0 0 60 1.000 0.231 -0.037 -0.420
19 9 4 13 0 1 0 1 69 1 1 2 21 112 0.812 0.012 0.068 -0.069
20 10 0 20 0 0 1 1 55 1 1 1 16 118 0.864 0.022 -0.236 0.231
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
In this version of the data the 12 Candidates are allowed to vote for
themselves but otherwise abstain!!! Hence, they can be treated like they
were responents (albeit with much missing data). The last two columns are the
coordinates. Note that the regular respondents begin at row 13. The variables
embedded in the header for the respondents are exactly the same as those listed
in question 2 of homework 9. Do not forget to
use Epsilon to delete the last 132 rows of
PERF25.DAT -- these are the roll call cutting lines.Use R to make a two-dimensional plot of the 1968 coordinates showing both the 12 politicians and the voters. Compare this plot to the one you made for question 1.a of homework 9. Which plot makes the most sense? Limit your answer to no more than two paragraphs.
Run PERFL on the 2000 data and turn in the PERF21.DAT file.
The first 20 lines of PERF25.DAT for the 2000 data look like this:
13 APRIL 2003 14.25.28.75.
1 CLINTON 0 13 1.000 0.501 -0.179 0.000
2 GORE 0 13 1.000 0.501 -0.118 0.293
3 BUSH 0 13 1.000 0.501 0.026 -0.139
4 BUCHANAN 3 13 0.769 0.501 0.318 -0.456
5 NADER 1 13 0.923 0.188 -0.297 0.781
6 MCCAIN 0 13 1.000 0.501 -0.005 0.000
7 BRADLEY 1 13 0.923 0.177 0.095 0.338
8 LIEBERMAN 1 13 0.923 0.140 -0.169 0.439
9 CHENEY 1 13 0.923 0.501 0.178 0.053
10 HILLARY CLINTON 0 13 1.000 0.501 -0.191 -0.031
11 DEM PARTY 0 13 1.000 0.115 -0.132 0.000
12 REP PARTY 1 13 0.923 0.501 0.036 -0.208
13 REFORM PARTY 5 13 0.615 0.501 0.428 -0.118
14 ALL PARTIES 4 13 0.692 0.236 0.219 -0.132
15 10787 4 8 0 0 0 2 49 1 1 2 24 128 0.812 0.007 0.201 -0.055
16 21271 2 6 0 1 0 2 35 1 5 0 26 82 0.683 0.054 -0.096 0.004
17 40285 2 6 0 0 0 2 63 0 1 1 39 154 0.747 0.151 -0.619 -0.586
18 50191 6 6 0 1 0 2 40 1 1 2 14 164 0.915 0.447 0.540 0.129
19 70894 5 12 0 0 0 2 43 1 5 0 18 156 0.885 0.016 0.191 0.005
20 80889 0 7 0 1 0 3 47 1 1 1 22 170 0.871 0.004 -0.365 0.319
etc etc etc
etc etc etc
The variables embedded in the header for the respondents are exactly the same
as those listed in question 2 of homework 9.
Do not forget to use Epsilon to delete the last
182 rows of PERF25.DAT -- these are the roll call cutting lines.Use R to make a two-dimensional plot of the 2000 coordinates showing both the 14 politicians/parties and the voters. Compare this plot to the one you made for question 1.b of homework 9. Which plot makes the most sense? Limit your answer to no more than two paragraphs.
Make smoothed histograms of the Gore and Bush voters on the first dimension. Use arrows to show the locations of Former Vice-President Gore and President Bush.