The `famous' Industrialization and Political Democracy dataset. This dataset is used throughout Bollen's 1989 book (see pages 12, 17, 36 in chapter 2, pages 228 and following in chapter 7, pages 321 and following in chapter 8). The dataset contains various measures of political democracy and industrialization in developing countries.
data(PoliticalDemocracy)A data frame of 75 observations of 11 variables.
y1Expert ratings of the freedom of the press in 1960
y2The freedom of political opposition in 1960
y3The fairness of elections in 1960
y4The effectiveness of the elected legislature in 1960
y5Expert ratings of the freedom of the press in 1965
y6The freedom of political opposition in 1965
y7The fairness of elections in 1965
y8The effectiveness of the elected legislature in 1965
x1The gross national product (GNP) per capita in 1960
x2The inanimate energy consumption per capita in 1960
x3The percentage of the labor force in industry in 1960
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