SENATE_SORT08 Rank Ordering

The format of the rank order files is:


 1.  Rank
 2.  Congress Number
 3.  ICPSR ID Number:  5 digit code assigned by the ICPSR as 
                       corrected by Howard Rosenthal and myself.
 4.  State Code:  2 digit ICPSR State Code. 
 5.  Congressional District Number (if House)
 6.  State Name
 7.  Party Code:  100 = Dem., 200 = Repub. (See PARTY3.DAT)
 8.  Name of Member
 9.  First Dimension DW-NOMINATE Joint Scaling
10.  Second Dimension DW-NOMINATE Joint Scaling
11.  Log-Likelihood
12.  Total Choices this Congress
13.  Geometric Mean Probability
14.  Proportion Correctly Classified

Rank Orderings for all Houses and Senates Can be Found Here


   1   8  9088 48 SOUTH C  200 SUMTER  T.  -0.750 -0.576    -7.88829   37  0.808  0.892
   2   8  2903  5 RHODE I  200 ELLERY  C.  -0.692 -0.722   -43.97478  132  0.717  0.795
   3   8  6063 40 VIRGINI  200 MASON  S.T. -0.647 -0.599   -15.34451   31  0.610  0.742
   4   8   994 51 KENTUCK  200 BRECKINRIDG -0.516 -0.072   -29.28479  134  0.804  0.925
   5   8  1888 54 TENNESS  200 COCKE  W.   -0.465  0.336   -30.57333  104  0.745  0.856
   6   8  7559  5 RHODE I  200 POTTER  S.  -0.435 -0.901   -43.83145  124  0.702  0.806
   7   8  5890 14 PENNSYL  200 MACLAY  S.  -0.401 -0.823   -43.01007  119  0.697  0.815
   8   8  4854 44 GEORGIA  200 JACKSON  J. -0.355 -0.211   -45.62350  121  0.686  0.777
   9   8  1118 51 KENTUCK  200 BROWN  J.   -0.302 -0.619   -30.69525   98  0.731  0.888
  10   8  1974 12 NEW JER  200 CONDIT  J.  -0.255  0.393   -36.34573  101  0.698  0.782
  11   8  8977 47 NORTH C  200 STONE  D.   -0.221 -0.913   -45.65056  136  0.715  0.838
  12   8  3342 47 NORTH C  200 FRANKLIN    -0.221 -0.217   -16.48812   44  0.687  0.795
  13   8   174 54 TENNESS  200 ANDERSON    -0.212  0.053   -44.58628  135  0.719  0.844
  14   8  4656  5 RHODE I  200 HOWLAND  B. -0.187 -0.193   -18.65223   73  0.775  0.877
  15   8  6913 40 VIRGINI  200 NICHOLAS    -0.187  0.067   -50.40081  115  0.645  0.774
  16   8 10379 24 OHIO     200 WORTHINGTON -0.186 -0.117   -38.70160   93  0.660  0.753
  17   8   379 44 GEORGIA  200 BALDWIN  A. -0.165 -0.334   -49.63564  136  0.694  0.816
  18   8   233 13 NEW YOR  200 ARMSTRONG   -0.144 -0.545   -25.97728   62  0.658  0.839
  19   8   351 13 NEW YOR  200 BAILEY  T.  -0.137  0.211    -6.94157   29  0.787  0.897
  20   8  8645 24 OHIO     200 SMITH  J.   -0.135  0.303   -50.14828  129  0.678  0.791
  21   8  5744 14 PENNSYL  200 LOGAN  G.   -0.075 -0.432   -47.50194  126  0.686  0.802
  22   8  8639  6 VERMONT  200 SMITH  I.    0.031 -1.000   -32.12293  108  0.743  0.852
  23   8  8678 52 MARYLAN  200 SMITH  S.    0.031  0.208   -47.41710  130  0.694  0.823
  24   8 10396 52 MARYLAN  200 WRIGHT  R.   0.070  0.261   -46.75507  115  0.666  0.826
  25   8   956  6 VERMONT  200 BRADLEY  S.  0.088 -0.249   -49.15231  105  0.626  0.771
  26   8  2440 12 NEW JER    1 DAYTON  J.   0.485  0.100   -44.80402  116  0.680  0.784
  27   8    34  3 MASSACH    1 ADAMS  J.Q.  0.494 -0.598   -69.05583  130  0.588  0.715
  28   8 10043 11 DELAWAR    1 WHITE  S.    0.621  0.211   -25.38334   96  0.768  0.896
  29   8   524 11 DELAWAR    1 BAYARD  J.   0.624 -0.449    -2.67616   26  0.902  0.962
  30   8  7428  3 MASSACH    1 PICKERING    0.668 -0.397   -33.10186  129  0.774  0.876
  31   8  4433  1 CONNECT    1 HILLHOUSE    0.710 -0.220   -25.93819  128  0.817  0.914
  32   8  7048  4 NEW HAM    1 OLCOTT  S.   0.711 -0.703   -23.90268  133  0.836  0.932
  33   8  9452  1 CONNECT    1 TRACY  U.    0.746  0.298   -18.41778  101  0.833  0.931
  34   8  9947 11 DELAWAR    1 WELLS  W.H.  0.749  0.437   -16.14597   52  0.733  0.846
  35   8  7493  4 NEW HAM    1 PLUMER  W.   0.964 -0.264   -29.10380  133  0.803  0.910


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