OpenMx (version 2.3.1)

Bollen: Bollen Data on Industrialization and Political Democracy

Description

Data set used in some of OpenMx's examples, for instance WLS. The data were reported in Bollen (1989, p. 428, Table 9.4) This set includes data from 75 developing countries each assessed on four measures of democracy measured twice (1960 and 1965), and three measures of industrialization measured once (1960).

Usage

data("Bollen")

source

The sem package (in turn, via pers. comm Bollen to Fox)

Details

Variables y1-y4 and y5-y8 are typically used as indicators of the latent trait of political democracy in 1960 and 1965 respectively. x1-x3 are used as indicators of industrialization (1960).

References

Bollen, K. A. (1979). Political democracy and the timing of development. American Sociological Review, 44, 572-587.

Bollen, K. A. (1980). Issues in the comparative measurement of political democracy. American Sociological Review, 45, 370-390.

Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural equation models. New York: Wiley-Interscience.

Examples

data(Bollen)
str(Bollen)
plot(y1 ~ y2, data = Bollen)