LIPF {SetMethods}

Lipset (1959), fuzzy-set

Description

The LIPF data frame has 18 rows and 6 sets

Usage

data(LIPF)

Format

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

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.

Examples

data(LIPF)