An Exploration in Systems Analysis of Domestic ConflictThis paper describes a strategy for the quantitative, time series and cross sectional analyses of political systems. A study of domestic conflict in 60 nations for 11 years is presented as an illustration of the procedure. It was found that the inclusion of individual 'time variables' in P factor analysis is insufficient for the adequate description of over time variation. Grouping of nations based on over - time similiarity using periodic equations was much more successful. |
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1.0 were eliminated analysis was applied APPENDIX A DOMESTIC applied to domestic Assassinations General Strikes CONFLICT RAW DATA Conflict Standardized Factor Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory correlation matrix data variables David McCormack diagonal of correlation disconfirmed DOMESTIC CONFLICT RAW Domestic Conflict Standardized domestic conflict variables domestic violence eigenvalues less Ernest Nagel F₁ Factor Loading Factor Score Variables Factors with eigenvalues Function Variables groups of nations Guerrilla Wars Major harmonic analysis harmonic function hypothetical time function killed in domestic linear form assumptions linear model Major Purges Riots method with unities Nations Appropriate standardization Nations Variables Assassinations Number killed Orthogonally Rotated Factors over-time factor analysis over-time hypotheses over-time variation Percent total variance political systems RAW DATA MATRIX relating Rummel specific standardization for time-transition Standardized Factor Score Strikes Guerrilla Wars systems theory three state variables time-paths time-slices time-transition analysis tions Revolu unities in principal Unorganized violence variable values vector space violence and number Wars Major Purges