2008 data The Cahoon-Hinich Method for Spatial Analysis of Political Spaces Number of respondents = 1690 Number of candidates in the data file = 8 Scores are Linear in Euclidean Distance Political Space is Two Dimensional Unscaled mean ideal point is set = ( 7.00 , 50.00) Rotation set to angle 5.0 Biden scores are subtracted from the others The position of this candidate or party is set at the mean =================================================================== Number of candidates used = 8 Data format used = (8(f9.0)) Missing data flag = 9.0 Ideal Point Scatter Parameter = 0.0700 ******************************************************************* Data for First Respondent to Check Data Read 85.0000000 0.00000000E+00 70.0000000 0.00000000E+00 70.0000000 0.00000000E+00 30.0000000 50.0000000 1690 Respondents with No Missing Value 0 Respondents with One Missing Value 0 Respondents with Two Missing Values 0 Respondents with Three Missing Values 0 Respondents with Four Missing Values 0 Respondents with Five Missing Values Maximum & Minimum Values for the Scores: 100.0 0.0 1677 respondents were used to map the space =================================================================== Means Standard Deviations Missing Scores GWB 37.23 27.74 0 Obama 71.72 27.72 0 McCain 51.53 24.14 0 Palin 48.51 27.58 0 Hillary 64.33 26.53 0 Michelle 66.50 27.51 0 Cindy 50.55 21.21 0 Biden 61.95 23.60 0 Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis Eigenvalues Eigenvalue % % Total 1 0.31E+18 81.18 81.18 2 0.42E+17 10.86 92.04 3 0.31E+17 7.96 100.00 4 38. 0.00 100.00 5 0.95 0.00 100.00 6 0.27E-01 0.00 100.00 7 1.0 0.00 100.00 Chi Square Statistic = 60839.5 Degrees of Freedom = 3 Number of Iterations = 2 ================================================================= Statistics of OLS Fit Standard Deviation of Y = 1.080 R Square = 0.7824 Standard Error = 0.4364 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Specific Error Standard Deviations GWB 108.7830 Obama 23.1395 McCain 0.0000 Palin 0.0000 Hillary 0.0000 Michelle 22.7744 Cindy 39.3889 Biden 17.5885 OLS Estimates of Remaining Parameters ================================================================= Statistics of OLS Fit Standard Deviation of Y = 3719.818 R Square = 0.8981 Standard Error = 839.7000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Warning b1 = -0.02 < 0. b1 set to 1. Ideal Point Standard Deviations = 1.00 7.13 Rotation = -58.1 Positions of the Candidates GWB -1081.350 544.125 Obama 226.472 390.981 McCain -683.814 518.455 Palin -1274.500 601.444 Hillary 696.644 466.404 Michelle 219.771 393.975 Cindy -683.433 518.640 Biden -7.000 356.517 Mean Ideal Point 7.000 -356.517 ********************************************************************** Mean of the Estimated Ideal Points 10.462 402.748 Issue or Type Medians ====================================================================== % of Ideal Points that are Closest to Each Candidate or Party Obama 87.7 McCain 12.3 Version 9-14-2009 Date & Time Mon Sep 14 14:32:13 2009 Elapsed time = 0.03 secs