POLS 3650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Multivariate Analysis, Multivariate Statistics, Spurious Relationship

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3650
• Professor: Edward Koning

Document Summary

Overview: controlling for a third variable, the most likely effects on the original relationship are, nothing (replication) It becomes stronger for some values, but weaker for others (specification: challenges in using the rerun-compare" method. Investigate relationship for cases with value 1 on the control variable. Investigate relationship for cases with value 2 on the control variable. Iv and cv are unrelated to each other. Monday march 20th, 2017: other possibilities (rare, the relationship between iv and dv becomes stronger after controlling for the cv, the relationship between iv and dv changes directions after controlling for the cv. Investigating whether there are more political assassinations in democracies than in authoritarian regimes. Investigating whether, among countries with an authoritarian regime, political assassinations are more common when income inequality is high than when it is low. Investigating whether, among countries with a democratic regime, political assassinations are more common when income inequality is high than when it is low.