Majority vs. Opposition in the French National Assembly, 1956-1965: A Guttman Scale Analysis

1968 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
National Assembly

Majority vs. Opposition in the French National Assembly, 1956–1965: A Guttman Scale Analysis*

1968 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
French Politics ◽  
Fifth Republic ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Major Transformation ◽  
De Gaulle

A series of significant developments in French politics has recently touched off speculation about the possibility that a major transformation of the structure and behavioral patterns of the system of political parties is taking place. The most salient developments from 1958 until 1967 can be briefly listed: (1) the unprecedented longevity of governmental coalitions throughout the entire span of life of the Fifth Republic (only one Government overthrown in eight years); (2) the near single-party majority attained by the Gaullist UNR in the November, 1962 elections; (3) the ability of five major non-Gaullist parties to coalesce their forces behind only two candidates opposing General de Gaulle in the December, 1965 presidential election, with the resulting necessity for a second ballot; (4) the subsequent merging of forces on the moderate left and the moderate right into combinations bent upon coordinated efforts in the March, 1967 legislative elections; (5) the successful construction of a Gaullist electoral alliance limiting the number of official Gaullist first-ballot candidates in each constituency to one; (6) the electoral agreements between the Communists and the moderate left Fédération permitting only one candidate of the left to remain in the race in any constituency on the second ballot; and (7) the tendency of voters to reward the united fronts of the outgoing Gaullist majority and the consistent leftist opposition and to penalize the relatively small and ambiguous center force, the Centre Démocrate.

Mokken Scale Analysis: Discussion and Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 672-695
Author(s):  
Thomas DeVaney
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mokken Scale Analysis ◽  
Irt Models ◽  
Guttman Scaling

This article presents a discussion and illustration of Mokken scale analysis (MSA), a nonparametric form of item response theory (IRT), in relation to common IRT models such as Rasch and Guttman scaling. The procedure can be used for dichotomous and ordinal polytomous data commonly used with questionnaires. The assumptions of MSA are discussed as well as characteristics that differentiate a Mokken scale from a Guttman scale. MSA is illustrated using the mokken package with R Studio and a data set that included over 3,340 responses to a modified version of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale. Issues addressed in the illustration include monotonicity, scalability, and invariant ordering. The R script for the illustration is included.

scholarly journals Guttman Scale Analysis and its use to explain Cultural Evolution and Social Change

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Forrester
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
Universal Pattern

Guttman scale analysis is a very useful tool to understand the evolution of societies. It shows the accumulation of cultural traits throughout history in various societies and that those cultural traits were usually accumulated in the same order. The results of studies, by Robert Carneiro and others, shows the accumulation of cultural traits is not random and indicates a universal pattern in cultural evolution. The universal pattern is caused by increasing human knowledge of the environment we live in. Human societies usually acquire this knowledge in the same order, with easier discoveries concerning the natural world being made earlier than more complex discoveries. This means human social and cultural history, usually follows a particular course, a course that is determined by the structure of the human environment.

scholarly journals Guttman Scale Analysis of the Distance Vision Scale

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 4496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijaya K. Gothwal ◽  
Thomas A. Wright ◽  
Ecosse L. Lamoureux ◽  
Konrad Pesudovs
Keyword(s):  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Distance Vision

The application of Guttman scale analysis to physician's attitudes regarding abortion.

1976 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meni Koslowsky ◽  
Gail L. Pratt ◽  
Ronald M. Wintrob
Keyword(s):  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale
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