Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
by
Keith T. Poole
Cambridge University Press, 2005
Chapter 1
These R programs run under version 2.0.1. If you have problems with the R code
please send me an e-mail at ktpole@uga.edu. If you
improve these or write more elegant versions please send them to me and I will post them.
I make no claim to being the world's best R coder!!
Figure 1.2: R Program To Create
Spatial Map of 1964 Civil Rights Act
This program creates Figure 1.3, a Shepard Diagram, and Shepard's Gradient of Generalization Graph. It opens
three graphics windows.
Figure 1.3: R Program To Create
Spatial Map of the 1968 Presidential Candidates(R Version 2.1.1)
Below are a series of R programs that perform classical MDS on a variety of data sets (see
The Past and Future of Ideal Point Estimation for a
discussion of these examples.)
- Double-Centering a Matrix: Applied to 90th U.S. Senate Agreement Scores.
This R program reads a roll call matrix, double-centers it, and then does a two-dimensional plot. It is
set up to read any of my roll call data files -- SEN01KH.ORD/HOU01KH.ORD to SEN108KH.ORD/HOU108KH.ORD -- by
changing just a few statements in the code. My thanks to Jeff Lewis for writing the read.ord routine!
This program opens two graphics windows -- the first is a plot of the Torgerson coordinates and the second
is a plot of the normalized eigenvalues.
Double_Center_Scaling.r: R Program To Double
Center the Agreement Score matrix for the 90th Senate
- Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (KYST)
This R program reads a roll call matrix and uses non-metric MDS to analyze the agreement scores. It is
set up to read any of my roll call data files -- SEN01KH.ORD/HOU01KH.ORD to SEN108KH.ORD/HOU108KH.ORD -- by
changing just a few statements in the code. The program will also write the legislator coordinates to
disk as a STATA file. The program is set up to use the 30th House as an example. My thanks to
Jeff Lewis for writing the read.ord routine!
nonmetric_mds.r: R Program To Perform Classical
Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (KYST)
- The Color Circle: An MDS Analysis of Ekman's Color Similarities Data. (The R program opens two
graphics windows -- a spatial map and a gradient of generalization plot.)
nmds_color_circle.r: R Program To Analyze
Ekman Colors Similarities Data with MDS
- The Morse Code Data: An MDS Analysis of Rothkopf's Morse Code Similarities Data. (The R program opens two
graphics windows -- a spatial map and a gradient of generalization plot.)
nmds_morse_code.r: R Program To Analyze
Rothkopf Morse Code Similarities Data with MDS
Book Chapters
Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Geometry of Parliamentary Roll Call Voting
Chapter 3: The Optimal Classification Method
Chapter 4: Probabilistic Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
Chapter 5: Practical Issues in Computing Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
Chapter 6: Conducting Natural Experiments with Roll Calls
Chapter 7: Conclusion
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