Description

Does the American public actively differentiate political stimuli along ideological lines?. Dissimilarities among 13 political figurein the USA.

Usage

Format

A data frame with the dissimilarities among 13 political figures in the USA.

G._W._Bush

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

John_Kerry

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Ralph_Nader

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Dick_Cheney

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

John_Edwards

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Laura_Bush

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Hillary_Clinton

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Bill_Clinton

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Colin_Powell

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

John_Ashcroft

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

John_McCain

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Democ._Party

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Repub._Party

a numeric vector with the dissimilarities with the other figures

Details

We have taken information from the 2004 CPS American National Election Study. Specifically 711 NES respondents' feeling thermometer ratings of thirteen prominent political figures from the period of the 2004 election: George W. Bush; John Kerry; Ralph Nader; Richard Cheney; John Edwards; Laura Bush; Hillary Clinton; Bill Clinton; Colin Powell; John Ashcroft; John McCain; the Democratic party; and the Republican party. With the respondent scores, a dissimilarity among each pair of figures

Source

Jacoby, W. G., & Armstrong, D. A. (2014). Bootstrap Confidence Regions for Multidimensional Scaling Solutions. American Journal of Political Science, 58(1), 264-278.

References

Jacoby, W. G., & Armstrong, D. A. (2014). Bootstrap Confidence Regions for Multidimensional Scaling Solutions. American Journal of Political Science, 58(1), 264-278.

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