LipsetFS: Lipset (1959), fuzzy-set

Description

The LipsetFS data frame has 18 rows and 6 variables

Usage

data(LipsetFS)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 18 observations on the following 6 variables.

Survived: a numeric vector. Outcome, survival of democracy during the inter-war period.
DEVELOPED: a numeric vector. Condition, economically developed countries.
URBAN: a numeric vector. Condition, urbanized countries.
LITERATE: a numeric vector. Condition, countries with high literacy rate.
INDUSTRIAL: a numeric vector. Condition, industrialized countries.
STABLE: a numeric vector. Condition, politically stable countries.

Details

Data used by Ragin (2009) to illustrates the variants of QCA. Originally by Lipset (1959). Data are fuzzy-sets.

References

Lipset, S. M. (1959) "Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy", American Political Science Review 53, pp. 69-105.

Ragin, C. C. (2009) "Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Using Fuzzy Sets (fsQCA)." In Rihoux, B., and Ragin, C. C. (eds.) Configurational Comparative Methods. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques. Thousand Oaks, CA and London: Sage, pp. 87-121.

Schneider, C. Q., Wagemann, C. (2012) Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

Schneider, C. Q., Wagemann, C., Quaranta, M. (2012) How To... Use Software for Set-Theoretic Analysis. Online Appendix to "Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences". Available at www.cambridge.org/schneider-wagemann.