This function is a simple wrapper for fscores(model, full.scores =
TRUE, full.scores.SE = TRUE, ...) that returns scores in a tidy data frame
instead of a matrix. More fine-grained control can be achieved by using
fscores directly.
democracy_scores(..., model, adjust_to_dichotomous = TRUE, as_prob = TRUE)
| ... | democracy variables to use for the model. Can be bare column names or strings, or a dplyr::select expression. |
|---|---|
| model | a |
| adjust_to_dichotomous | Whether to calculate an adjusted score where the
midpoint represents the average cutpoint for dichotomous scores. See the
vignette for more details. Default is |
| as_prob | Whether to output scores as 0-1 probability scales. See the
vignette for more details. Default is |
A data frame with latent variable democracy scores (the equivalent of the UDS posterior means) for all country-years in the data, with standard errors and 95 default:
The name of the country in the Gleditsch-Ward system of states, or the official name of the entity (for non-sovereign entities and states not in the Gleditsch and Ward system of states) or else a common name for disputed cases that do not have an official name (e.g., Western Sahara, Hyderabad). The Gleditsch and Ward scheme sometimes indicates the common name of the country and (in parentheses) the name of an earlier incarnation of the state: thus, they have Germany (Prussia), Russia (Soviet Union), Madagascar (Malagasy), etc. For details, see Gleditsch, Kristian S. & Michael D. Ward. 1999. "Interstate System Membership: A Revised List of the Independent States since 1816." International Interactions 25: 393-413. The list can be found at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html.
Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code, from the Gleditsch and Ward list of independent states.
The Correlates of War numeric country code, 2016 version. This differs from Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code in a few cases. See http://www.correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/state-system-membership for the full list.
The Polity IV country code, 2017 version. This differs from Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code and COW in a few cases. See http://www.systemicpeace.org/inscrdata.html for the full list.
Whether the state is "in system" (that is, is
independent and sovereign), according to Gleditsch and Ward, for this
particular date. Matches at the end of the year; so, for example South
Vietnam 1975 is FALSE because, according to Gleditsch and Ward, the
country ended on April 1975 (being absorbed by North Vietnam). It is also
TRUE for dates beyond 2012 for countries that did not end by then,
depsite the fact that the Gleditsch and Ward list has not been updated
since.
The calendar year. Democracy measurements conventionally reflect the situation in the country as of the last day of the year.
The UDS means for the 2010, 2011, and 2014 releases, for comparison purposes
Raw latent variable score for the model, with mean (approximately) 0 and sd (approximately) 1.
Standard errors of raw score.
95 percent onfidence intervals.
Latent variable score for the model, adjusted to match the cutpoint for the dichotomous indexes included in the model.
95 percent confidence intervals of the adjusted score.
Latent variable scores for the model, unadjusted and adjusted, converted to 0-1 probability index (0 = lowest probability of dmeocracy, 1 = highest probability).
95 percent onfidence intervals of the probability score.
# Replicate the official UDS scores (2011 release) democracy_scores(dplyr::matches("pmm"), verbose = FALSE)#> # A tibble: 9,137 x 22 #> extended_country_~ year GWn cown polity_ccode in_GW_system uds_2010_mean #> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <lgl> <dbl> #> 1 Afghanistan 1946 700 700 180 T -1.84 #> 2 Afghanistan 1947 700 700 180 T -1.84 #> 3 Afghanistan 1948 700 700 180 T -1.54 #> 4 Afghanistan 1949 700 700 180 T -1.53 #> 5 Afghanistan 1950 700 700 180 T -1.39 #> 6 Afghanistan 1951 700 700 180 T -1.52 #> 7 Afghanistan 1952 700 700 180 T -1.52 #> 8 Afghanistan 1953 700 700 180 T -1.51 #> 9 Afghanistan 1954 700 700 180 T -1.53 #> 10 Afghanistan 1955 700 700 180 T -1.39 #> # ... with 9,127 more rows, and 15 more variables: uds_2011_mean <dbl>, #> # uds_2014_mean <dbl>, z1 <dbl>, se_z1 <dbl>, z1_pct975 <dbl>, #> # z1_pct025 <dbl>, z1_adj <dbl>, z1_pct975_adj <dbl>, z1_pct025_adj <dbl>, #> # z1_as_prob <dbl>, z1_pct975_as_prob <dbl>, z1_pct025_as_prob <dbl>, #> # z1_adj_as_prob <dbl>, z1_pct975_adj_as_prob <dbl>, #> # z1_pct025_adj_as_prob <dbl>