Abstract #300547

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JSM 2003 Abstract #300547
Activity Number: 321
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #300547
Title: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of the Free World
Author(s): David Friedenberg*+ and Shenek Heyward and Lindsay Kellam and Vasant B. Waikar
Companies: Miami University and Miami University and Miami University and Miami University of Ohio
Address: 123 Bachelor Hall, Oxford, OH, 45056,
Keywords: multivariate ; statistics ; democracy ; government ; factor ; discriminant
Abstract:

Is a democracy more than just competitive multiparty elections in which all participants have a legitimate chance of attaining power? Using such statistical analyses processes as discriminant analysis and factor analysis, we hope to determine a rule for classifying countries from a sample into one of two groups, democratic or nondemocratic. We also hope to reduce our data from 11 variables to a smaller set of underlying factors that can be used to explain the dynamics surrounding each country.

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