POLS 6386 MEASUREMENT THEORY
Third Assignment
Due 21 February 2001

  1. The aim of this problem is to show you how to use KYST to estimate coordinates for the members of Congress by analyzing the agreement score matrix computed from the roll calls. To do this you need to run a program that creates the agreement scores from the roll call data and then you need to use Epsilon to paste the agreement score matrix into a file that KYST understands. Download the agreement score matrix program, the 106th Senate roll call data, and the "control card" file:

    Agreement Score Program

    106th Senate Roll Call Data

    Control Card File for Agreement Score Program

    and place them in the same folder on a WINTEL machine. SYMSTRT.DAT looks like this:
    
SEN106KH.ORD
SENS106.DAT
 672
    The first line is the name of the roll call matrix that the program will read and compute the agreement scores from. The second line is the name of the output file (its a good idea to name the output file something that you can remember!). And the third line is the number of roll call votes. Note that this number is always 4 digits -- in this case, 0672! So if you analyze a matrix with 1122 roll calls, the third line would be 1122. If there were only 99 roll calls, the third line would be 0099.

    1. At the command line type

      HOUSYM

      The program should only take a few seconds to run and it produces two output files -- SENS106.DAT that you specified in the "control card" file, and a diagnostics file SYM21.DAT. For example, below is the corresponding output files for the 105th Senate 
      *********SENS105.DAT**********
 99909 99  100 CLINTON     100
 49700 41  200 SESSIONS     49100
 94659 41  200 SHELBY       47 89100
 14907 81  200 MURKOWSKI    56 87 87100
 12109 81  200 STEVENS      64 80 82 88100
 15429 61  200 KYL          47 90 85 85 77100
 15039 61  200 MCCAIN       62 82 81 83 79 87100
 14300 42  100 BUMPERS      83 35 41 41 48 34 43100
 29306 42  200 HUTCHINSON,  47 91 87 87 79 89 82 39100
 15011 71  100 BOXER        88 38 46 46 52 36 47 86 39100
 49300 71  100 FEINSTEIN    87 44 51 52 58 41 51 83 45 90100
 29108 62  200 ALLARD       44 91 87 87 79 90 83 37 87 40 45100
 95407 62  200 CAMPBELL     60 82 83 86 86 80 77 45 81 51 57 81100
 14213  1  100 DODD         92 43 47 50 56 42 51 84 44 89 89 44 53100
 15704  1  100 LIEBERMAN    88 49 53 57 63 49 59 78 50 82 86 50 58 88100
 14101 11  100 BIDEN        87 42 49 53 57 41 53 81 44 84 87 44 55 85 84100
 11044 11  200 ROTH, WILLI  66 78 82 87 85 78 81 48 79 53 59 79 82 57 63 60100
 15503 43  100 GRAHAM, BOB  84 49 53 56 59 47 55 79 50 79 82 48 57 83 82 82 63100
 15037 43  200 MACK         60 86 85 88 84 86 83 41 85 48 53 86 85 52 58 52 83 58100
 49701 44  100 CLELAND      86 43 49 52 56 41 51 82 43 83 84 45 52 83 81 84 58 83 52100
 49301 44  200 COVERDELL    52 89 89 90 83 87 84 39 89 46 50 87 85 49 55 50 82 53 88 51100
 14400 82  100 AKAKA        87 37 44 48 51 36 46 86 39 89 86 39 50 88 83 87 52 83 47 88 46100
  4812 82  100 INOUYE       85 42 48 51 58 40 50 83 42 86 85 43 54 87 82 85 56 81 51 88 49 93100
 14809 63  200 CRAIG        46 89 87 90 83 87 81 39 89 43 48 89 86 46 52 48 82 51 87 47 90 42 46100
 49302 63  200 KEMPTHORNE   50 90 87 89 83 86 82 40 90 44 49 89 86 47 52 48 82 52 86 47 89 42 46 96100
 15021 21  100 DURBIN       90 36 42 44 49 34 44 87 38 92 87 37 48 88 81 85 51 80 45 84 43 91 86 40 40100
 49303 21  100 MOSELEY-BRA  83 41 47 49 53 39 48 83 43 88 85 42 52 86 80 84 57 84 49 81 48 87 82 45 46 89100
 14806 22  200 COATS        51 86 82 84 81 86 81 42 86 44 50 86 81 49 54 49 80 52 85 48 85 44 47 84 85 42 46100
 14506 22  200 LUGAR        61 80 82 87 85 80 80 47 81 50 55 82 81 55 61 56 85 58 86 54 83 50 55 83 84 48 52 84100
 14226 31  200 GRASSLEY     54 86 84 89 83 83 80 43 85 48 51 86 83 50 57 52 83 54 85 50 87 46 50 87 87 46 50 82 83100
 14230 31  100 HARKIN       84 34 40 42 48 32 42 87 39 88 84 35 46 84 77 83 49 80 43 81 41 88 85 39 40 89 86 41 47 44100
 29523 32  200 BROWNBACK    50 90 87 88 78 88 84 36 90 40 47 91 81 46 51 46 81 51 87 45 88 41 44 89 90 40 45 85 83 87 37100
 14852 32  200 ROBERTS      53 88 86 90 85 83 81 42 87 44 51 87 84 49 54 50 83 54 86 51 87 45 49 89 89 43 48 85 87 87 41 89100
 14302 51  100 FORD, WENDE  78 47 51 54 58 44 50 78 47 82 81 46 57 80 77 80 57 79 54 83 52 84 86 49 49 82 79 51 55 52 79 47 52100
 14921 51  200 MCCONNELL    53 90 89 91 85 89 84 38 90 43 49 89 86 48 54 48 84 53 89 48 92 44 47 90 90 40 45 87 85 87 39 89 88 52100
 13056 45  100 BREAUX       81 54 59 62 64 52 59 73 55 77 82 55 63 79 81 80 65 82 62 81 59 78 80 57 58 75 75 56 62 59 72 54 60 83 59100
 49702 45  100 LANDRIEU     84 46 51 55 59 45 54 82 48 84 87 48 58 87 84 85 60 85 55 85 52 86 86 50 51 84 82 51 57 54 82 49 53 84 52 87100
 49703  2  200 COLLINS      73 73 75 78 81 71 78 57 73 62 65 72 78 66 70 64 81 67 80 63 79 60 62 75 77 60 63 77 80 78 57 74 77 60 76 66 65100
 14661  2  200 SNOWE        69 72 74 76 80 69 76 57 73 62 65 71 76 66 70 65 78 68 77 63 77 61 63 74 75 61 65 73 77 76 58 72 75 61 74 66 65 92100
 14440 52  100 MIKULSKI     91 39 45 45 51 37 47 85 40 90 88 40 52 90 84 85 54 83 48 86 46 91 89 42 43 90 87 45 50 46 88 42 45 84 44 78 86 61 62100
 13039 52  100 SARBANES     89 35 42 43 49 34 43 88 37 90 87 37 48 89 82 85 50 83 44 87 43 92 89 39 40 92 87 42 47 44 89 38 43 83 41 76 85 59 60 94100
 10808  3  100 KENNEDY, ED  90 32 40 41 47 33 43 88 36 89 85 34 45 87 80 84 49 80 42 84 40 92 87 36 37 92 86 41 47 42 89 36 40 81 38 74 83 58 59 91 94100
 14920  3  100 KERRY, JOHN  89 37 44 46 51 37 47 88 40 91 89 40 49 91 85 86 54 82 47 83 44 91 88 41 42 91 88 46 50 47 88 41 43 82 43 78 86 61 61 90 92 92100
 49500 23  200 ABRAHAM      55 88 87 89 82 88 86 43 88 47 51 87 83 52 56 50 84 54 88 50 91 45 49 89 89 44 49 86 86 87 42 88 87 51 90 59 53 79 77 47 43 42 46100
 14709 23  100 LEVIN, CARL  90 39 45 45 51 37 46 87 40 88 86 38 48 88 83 85 51 84 47 86 43 92 89 40 42 89 86 45 51 46 87 39 43 82 42 77 85 61 62 91 93 91 90 45100
 29367 33  200 GRAMS        48 89 86 88 81 87 82 38 88 41 47 90 80 46 51 45 81 49 84 45 88 41 45 89 88 39 43 86 83 86 37 91 87 47 90 54 48 73 70 41 38 37 42 87 39100
 49101 33  100 WELLSTONE    79 31 36 35 41 30 40 87 33 85 79 32 42 81 74 78 44 74 37 78 36 84 80 33 35 86 81 37 42 39 89 32 36 76 32 69 76 53 54 85 88 88 86 38 85 34100
 14009 46  200 COCHRAN      61 83 85 89 89 81 81 46 82 50 55 82 84 53 60 56 89 60 87 56 85 50 55 85 85 47 52 82 89 84 46 83 87 58 87 66 59 79 76 50 47 44 49 84 49 83 38100
 14031 46  200 LOTT         52 90 90 91 86 87 82 40 90 44 50 89 86 48 54 49 85 55 91 49 91 44 48 91 90 42 47 86 86 88 40 89 90 54 94 61 53 78 75 45 42 39 44 90 43 88 33 91100
 49501 34  200 ASHCROFT     40 91 84 84 75 89 81 35 91 36 41 90 79 39 45 40 76 46 83 39 86 35 38 89 89 33 39 85 79 84 33 89 84 43 87 50 44 69 69 35 33 31 36 86 35 89 32 79 87100
 15501 34  200 BOND         52 84 86 89 83 81 81 45 84 49 56 84 84 53 58 55 83 58 84 54 87 50 52 88 89 47 53 81 85 85 45 86 88 54 86 64 58 80 78 50 47 44 48 87 48 85 39 85 87 82100
 14203 64  100 BAUCUS       85 48 53 56 61 46 53 80 50 81 83 51 58 83 80 81 62 85 56 84 53 85 84 52 53 81 84 52 60 57 81 51 55 80 53 83 84 66 67 83 82 81 83 55 83 51 75 60 55 46 59100
 15701 64  200 BURNS        52 89 88 90 85 87 81 40 88 45 50 87 85 49 54 49 83 53 86 49 89 45 48 92 92 42 47 85 84 88 40 88 89 52 90 58 52 76 76 45 42 39 43 89 43 88 34 87 90 84 87 55100
 49704 35  200 HAGEL        55 86 86 89 86 84 81 41 84 45 51 86 82 51 56 51 85 56 87 52 86 46 51 87 87 44 49 85 88 86 42 86 89 53 89 60 54 77 74 47 44 41 45 86 45 88 35 90 91 82 85 57 89100
 15702 35  100 KERREY, BOB  88 44 49 53 57 43 52 81 46 82 84 46 55 86 81 83 59 83 52 83 49 85 85 48 49 83 84 51 57 53 81 47 51 79 49 80 86 64 65 85 85 83 85 51 83 48 78 57 50 42 56 87 50 53100
 15700 65  100 BRYAN, RICH  86 45 50 53 57 45 55 82 48 83 82 48 56 81 80 81 60 85 53 81 50 83 83 49 50 82 85 50 56 54 81 48 51 78 49 81 85 64 64 84 82 82 85 53 82 49 78 58 51 45 55 87 51 52 85100
 15054 65  100 REID         80 47 51 53 56 45 54 80 48 85 83 47 58 81 78 83 59 80 53 80 52 83 82 50 51 81 84 50 55 54 82 49 51 81 49 79 82 64 64 85 83 82 84 53 82 49 78 57 51 45 56 82 52 52 80 88100
 14826  4  200 GREGG        54 85 84 86 82 85 83 43 84 46 52 86 81 52 59 52 85 56 84 49 85 45 47 87 86 44 49 85 83 84 42 86 85 51 87 56 52 79 77 47 43 42 47 87 44 86 36 84 88 83 84 53 85 85 52 51 51100
 15116  4  200 SMITH, ROBE  40 91 85 84 77 90 81 34 90 36 41 90 80 41 47 40 76 47 83 38 86 35 39 88 88 35 41 85 78 82 33 89 85 44 86 49 42 71 71 37 34 32 36 85 37 86 31 79 85 92 81 45 86 83 40 43 45 85100
 14914 12  100 LAUTENBERG   87 37 44 45 50 37 47 87 39 90 86 39 50 89 84 85 52 81 47 84 46 91 86 40 41 91 87 44 49 46 86 40 43 82 42 77 85 62 63 90 91 91 92 46 89 39 85 48 43 35 48 83 43 45 83 84 84 47 37100
 15071 12  100 TORRICELLI   82 42 50 50 55 41 50 85 46 88 88 43 55 84 84 84 56 80 51 82 49 86 84 46 46 86 84 49 51 49 84 45 47 79 47 77 83 63 64 88 87 85 88 50 85 45 82 53 48 41 52 80 48 49 81 81 83 51 43 87100
 14912 66  100 BINGAMAN     88 41 46 50 54 40 49 85 43 85 84 43 52 86 80 83 55 81 50 84 48 87 86 45 46 85 84 45 54 49 84 45 50 80 46 80 85 62 62 86 87 86 88 49 85 44 81 54 47 40 53 85 47 49 85 84 84 47 40 86 84100
 14103 66  200 DOMENICI     63 82 83 90 90 80 81 47 81 52 57 83 85 56 63 58 86 59 85 56 85 52 56 86 87 50 54 83 88 85 47 83 88 57 87 65 60 83 79 52 49 47 51 86 50 84 41 90 88 78 88 61 88 88 58 57 58 83 79 50 54 55100
 14900 13  200 D'AMATO      59 70 75 79 80 70 73 56 72 62 65 72 80 64 68 66 80 65 76 63 79 61 63 75 76 59 64 74 78 79 57 74 76 62 76 66 64 81 78 62 59 57 61 78 60 72 53 79 78 68 80 65 76 76 62 63 66 76 69 60 63 62 82100
 14508 13  100 MOYNIHAN     80 43 49 53 58 42 52 84 46 81 83 46 56 83 79 83 59 81 51 81 47 83 84 49 49 83 82 50 57 52 80 47 51 78 48 80 85 61 62 83 84 83 85 50 83 47 79 56 50 43 55 84 50 52 86 83 80 50 42 83 82 81 58 62100
 49304 47  200 FAIRCLOTH    42 88 83 84 76 84 77 35 86 40 44 86 81 42 48 43 75 47 81 42 85 38 41 86 85 36 42 81 77 80 35 83 81 47 87 53 45 68 67 40 37 34 39 83 38 84 31 78 86 88 80 45 84 81 42 44 45 82 88 37 43 40 77 71 44100
 14105 47  200 HELMS        43 93 85 85 78 87 77 34 88 38 43 88 81 41 48 42 77 48 84 41 86 37 41 86 86 35 40 84 78 82 34 86 84 48 90 54 45 69 69 38 36 33 37 84 38 87 31 80 89 89 82 47 86 84 42 44 45 84 90 36 42 40 80 70 43 92100
 15502 36  100 CONRAD       78 44 50 51 54 41 48 85 46 83 83 44 54 82 78 81 55 83 49 85 48 86 85 48 49 83 82 48 53 50 83 45 51 84 48 81 84 59 61 84 86 83 83 49 84 45 80 54 48 43 54 84 50 49 84 84 83 48 42 84 83 84 54 61 85 43 43100
 14812 36  100 DORGAN       78 43 49 50 54 39 48 85 44 85 83 43 53 83 77 82 53 80 49 85 48 86 86 47 48 85 82 46 53 49 85 44 50 83 45 78 83 60 63 85 87 84 83 48 84 44 82 52 46 41 54 83 49 49 81 83 86 47 40 85 83 85 54 62 82 41 42 94100
 15020 24  200 DEWINE       60 81 83 87 84 81 82 48 81 52 57 81 81 57 62 57 85 60 87 55 85 53 56 85 85 50 53 84 88 85 49 84 85 55 86 61 59 80 77 53 50 48 53 87 51 82 44 87 87 79 84 59 86 85 58 57 58 84 79 51 55 54 87 83 56 78 79 54 52100
 14304 24  100 GLENN        89 38 44 46 51 38 48 88 40 87 87 40 48 88 83 84 53 83 47 84 44 90 88 41 42 88 84 45 51 46 85 41 44 82 44 78 86 60 60 89 90 89 90 46 91 42 83 50 44 35 47 82 43 46 84 83 82 46 36 88 86 85 50 58 84 36 36 83 83 53100
 15424 53  200 INHOFE       39 93 87 85 78 89 79 34 91 36 43 90 82 40 47 40 76 47 85 40 87 36 40 89 89 35 38 85 79 83 33 88 86 46 89 52 45 70 70 38 35 32 35 85 37 87 30 81 89 92 82 45 87 84 42 43 45 83 93 34 41 39 80 69 43 87 91 43 42 80 35100
 14908 53  200 NICKLES, DO  48 92 87 88 80 90 82 36 90 39 45 91 81 43 50 44 81 49 86 44 88 38 42 89 88 37 42 85 82 87 34 89 87 47 89 55 47 73 71 39 36 34 39 87 38 89 29 83 90 90 84 48 86 87 45 46 47 88 90 38 42 43 82 72 45 87 90 44 43 81 38 92100
 49705 72  200 SMITH, GORD  61 82 84 89 87 80 82 48 82 52 57 83 84 56 63 58 87 60 86 56 85 52 56 85 86 49 55 84 91 85 48 83 87 55 87 64 59 81 79 52 49 47 53 87 51 84 42 89 88 78 87 62 87 86 58 58 58 85 79 51 55 55 91 81 57 77 79 56 54 88 52 79 82100
 14871 72  100 WYDEN        81 41 47 48 54 41 51 85 46 87 84 43 52 85 80 82 55 80 50 80 49 85 83 47 48 86 86 49 51 51 87 44 48 77 46 74 82 64 65 84 83 84 86 50 82 44 82 51 47 42 52 82 47 46 82 83 83 51 41 86 84 83 52 63 79 42 40 82 84 55 83 41 43 55100
 29141 14  200 SANTORUM     55 87 84 87 83 85 82 41 84 46 52 86 83 50 56 50 82 55 86 50 86 45 48 87 87 45 49 84 83 87 42 87 85 52 87 58 52 79 76 46 43 42 46 88 46 86 36 84 87 84 85 55 87 86 51 51 53 87 85 45 49 48 86 76 50 81 83 49 48 84 46 84 86 85 49100
 14910 14  200 SPECTER      68 64 67 70 74 62 70 65 64 70 72 63 72 70 72 69 71 70 70 67 68 67 67 66 67 68 69 66 72 68 66 63 68 67 66 69 70 80 81 69 68 67 68 69 69 63 63 70 67 62 71 70 67 66 67 68 70 67 63 68 69 67 72 78 69 62 61 68 69 72 64 63 63 73 71 69100
 14500  5  200 CHAFEE       77 68 70 77 80 67 73 60 69 64 69 69 75 68 71 68 80 69 75 65 73 64 65 72 73 62 65 71 80 74 60 70 75 62 73 67 70 83 82 63 61 61 64 74 64 69 55 77 75 65 76 69 73 74 69 67 63 74 65 64 63 66 80 75 67 63 66 62 61 77 65 66 68 80 65 71 76100
 29142  5  100 REED         86 35 42 44 50 35 44 88 38 89 86 38 48 87 82 84 51 81 45 85 42 92 89 40 40 91 86 43 50 45 89 39 44 83 41 76 85 60 62 90 92 94 92 45 91 39 87 48 42 35 47 83 42 44 84 83 85 44 35 90 87 87 49 58 85 36 35 85 87 50 90 35 36 50 85 43 67 63100
 11204 48  100 HOLLINGS     73 47 52 50 57 46 53 78 48 77 78 47 55 77 73 75 55 77 50 77 49 80 81 48 48 76 77 50 52 49 78 46 49 81 50 75 78 61 62 80 80 79 78 51 81 48 76 55 50 46 52 77 50 51 76 77 79 52 46 78 77 78 54 59 78 49 49 83 82 54 79 46 47 53 76 51 68 60 80100
  9369 48  200 THURMOND     53 89 88 89 85 86 83 40 89 43 50 86 85 47 54 49 83 55 90 49 90 44 48 89 89 42 45 84 86 86 41 88 89 53 92 60 53 75 75 44 42 40 44 88 44 88 34 87 92 86 87 52 89 87 49 50 52 85 85 41 47 47 86 74 49 85 88 48 47 85 43 88 88 85 47 85 68 73 42 51100
 14617 37  100 DASCHLE      90 40 46 49 54 38 49 85 42 88 86 42 52 88 83 87 55 81 49 87 47 90 91 45 46 88 84 46 53 49 87 43 48 86 46 82 89 61 61 89 89 87 89 49 88 43 82 53 47 37 52 87 46 49 87 84 86 46 36 89 84 88 56 62 84 39 39 87 89 54 86 38 41 55 83 47 67 64 89 79 47100
 15425 37  100 JOHNSON      85 39 46 48 52 39 50 86 43 86 83 42 50 86 80 85 55 82 48 85 46 88 85 43 45 87 84 45 54 49 87 44 47 81 45 77 83 62 62 88 88 87 87 50 87 44 84 52 45 39 52 82 46 48 83 83 83 48 37 88 83 84 54 62 81 39 38 87 88 53 84 38 41 53 83 47 70 62 87 79 46 91100
 49502 54  200 FRIST        57 87 88 90 87 84 84 43 86 48 53 85 83 52 59 53 87 57 87 52 90 48 51 89 89 45 51 85 86 87 43 88 88 55 91 61 55 81 79 48 45 42 47 89 45 87 37 88 91 83 88 56 89 88 53 53 54 89 83 48 50 49 87 80 52 82 85 50 50 88 48 84 86 88 51 87 69 77 45 53 88 51 48100
 49503 54  200 THOMPSON     55 86 85 83 80 86 85 41 85 44 50 87 80 48 56 49 81 55 87 50 85 44 48 84 85 42 46 83 81 81 39 85 82 52 86 58 52 77 75 46 42 41 45 84 43 85 37 83 87 84 81 53 83 84 50 52 52 85 85 45 49 47 81 72 51 82 83 49 47 83 46 86 86 81 48 82 67 71 43 53 86 47 47 86100
 14628 49  200 GRAMM, PHIL  48 91 86 87 78 91 83 35 88 38 44 91 79 43 49 43 80 47 84 43 86 37 40 88 87 37 41 85 80 85 34 89 86 45 88 53 46 71 69 38 36 33 38 86 38 90 31 82 88 90 83 47 86 85 45 46 46 86 89 36 40 40 81 71 44 86 89 42 41 80 37 89 90 82 41 86 61 69 35 45 87 40 41 85 85100
 49306 49  200 HUTCHISON,   55 88 87 89 82 85 83 41 88 45 52 86 84 48 55 50 82 54 86 48 89 44 46 89 89 43 46 82 82 87 41 87 88 49 88 58 51 77 75 45 42 39 43 88 43 86 36 84 89 85 87 52 88 85 49 50 51 86 84 43 48 48 85 76 47 83 85 48 48 84 43 88 87 84 47 86 69 72 42 49 88 47 47 88 83 87100
 49307 67  200 BENNETT      58 83 85 90 87 82 81 45 83 48 55 82 87 53 60 55 88 60 87 55 86 50 54 87 87 47 52 81 85 86 46 84 88 57 88 65 58 80 77 50 47 45 50 86 48 83 39 90 90 79 88 59 88 87 56 56 56 85 80 49 52 52 90 81 55 79 81 54 52 86 49 82 83 90 51 84 71 78 48 53 88 53 52 87 81 82 87100
 14503 67  200 HATCH        58 84 85 90 87 82 82 46 83 49 55 84 85 54 60 55 86 59 87 54 86 51 54 88 88 48 52 85 86 86 46 86 88 56 89 64 57 80 77 50 48 45 51 88 48 85 39 88 90 81 87 59 88 87 55 56 57 85 81 49 54 53 91 80 55 80 83 54 52 89 50 83 85 91 52 86 72 77 48 54 88 53 52 88 82 82 86 92100
 14240  6  200 JEFFORDS     75 63 65 71 76 60 66 64 66 67 71 63 72 68 70 68 75 71 69 65 67 67 66 67 68 65 68 67 73 71 66 64 69 64 68 67 68 79 79 67 65 65 68 68 65 65 60 73 69 62 72 71 69 70 69 69 67 69 60 66 66 67 75 75 70 60 62 67 65 74 65 61 63 74 70 67 81 84 65 65 68 67 67 71 65 62 69 73 72100
 14307  6  100 LEAHY        83 41 47 48 54 40 49 83 44 87 85 42 52 86 81 84 55 80 49 81 48 87 83 45 46 86 84 46 52 50 86 44 47 79 46 78 84 63 64 86 87 87 87 49 86 43 82 52 46 40 52 83 47 48 85 83 83 49 40 89 84 85 53 62 81 39 39 84 85 53 82 40 42 54 86 48 71 64 86 78 45 88 87 51 47 41 47 52 51 71100
 15705 40  100 ROBB         86 48 52 56 60 48 57 78 49 79 82 50 56 83 81 81 62 83 56 79 52 81 82 51 52 78 81 54 59 54 78 50 52 78 52 77 82 66 66 81 80 79 83 55 82 51 72 60 53 46 56 81 54 55 82 82 79 55 46 80 78 79 61 64 78 47 47 78 76 60 84 45 49 59 80 55 68 69 81 78 53 82 80 57 55 48 54 56 58 70 80100
 14712 40  200 WARNER       54 83 84 88 86 82 81 45 85 46 52 84 83 51 59 52 84 56 83 52 85 48 52 87 88 44 49 83 86 85 46 84 87 53 87 60 55 77 76 48 45 44 47 86 47 84 39 87 86 82 86 58 86 86 54 53 53 84 82 46 51 50 87 78 54 80 81 53 52 84 46 83 84 88 53 84 72 76 46 52 87 51 51 87 81 82 88 86 87 73 51 58100
 14904 73  200 GORTON       60 84 84 87 86 79 80 47 79 49 55 82 81 53 61 55 86 58 84 55 83 49 54 83 83 46 52 82 86 83 46 82 86 56 85 63 58 79 75 51 47 46 48 84 50 80 40 89 87 76 84 58 84 86 55 56 55 82 78 49 51 51 88 76 55 75 78 53 53 84 51 80 81 87 50 82 70 78 48 54 83 53 52 87 81 81 84 88 88 70 51 58 84100
 49308 73  100 MURRAY       84 40 47 48 54 39 48 86 42 90 87 42 51 89 83 83 55 82 49 86 48 90 86 45 46 88 87 46 51 48 87 43 47 81 46 75 84 64 64 89 90 88 90 49 89 42 83 51 46 38 52 84 47 48 84 81 83 49 39 89 87 88 54 64 81 40 39 84 85 55 87 38 40 54 88 48 71 65 89 79 45 88 87 50 46 39 47 51 52 70 89 80 49 51100
  1366 56  100 BYRD, ROBER  79 47 50 53 56 44 51 77 48 78 78 45 54 77 74 76 56 75 50 76 51 78 78 48 48 79 75 49 55 52 76 47 51 73 49 73 74 61 64 78 80 79 76 50 78 48 75 54 49 44 55 73 50 51 75 74 76 51 45 77 78 75 55 59 78 46 45 79 80 54 76 45 47 56 73 53 64 62 77 73 50 77 78 52 49 45 50 54 55 63 76 71 53 56 75100
 14922 56  100 ROCKEFELLER  89 40 46 49 54 39 50 84 42 86 86 41 51 87 84 85 56 84 49 85 48 88 86 43 44 88 85 46 53 49 84 44 48 82 46 80 85 63 64 89 88 88 89 48 86 44 82 52 47 36 52 84 46 49 87 84 82 49 38 88 85 84 53 61 84 38 38 84 83 54 87 38 41 55 83 48 67 65 89 75 46 89 87 51 48 39 48 53 54 67 87 82 50 53 87 80100
 49309 25  100 FEINGOLD     84 41 42 41 46 39 45 80 42 80 77 40 46 77 73 75 49 73 45 75 42 79 76 41 41 83 80 43 45 47 81 41 42 74 38 68 76 59 60 81 81 81 79 44 81 40 82 45 41 40 45 76 40 42 78 78 77 46 40 81 76 77 45 54 74 38 37 78 78 47 81 38 41 46 79 46 62 57 80 75 40 78 78 44 45 40 42 44 44 60 79 74 43 45 78 72 78100
 15703 25  100 KOHL         85 45 48 50 55 45 53 79 47 81 82 46 52 81 80 80 57 80 52 77 48 79 76 47 49 80 81 50 53 53 82 47 48 74 47 74 81 65 64 81 79 79 82 51 81 46 77 53 49 44 52 79 48 50 79 80 78 53 44 81 79 79 53 62 77 44 43 77 77 56 81 42 46 54 82 52 68 66 79 74 48 79 81 51 51 47 49 51 52 68 82 79 51 52 81 70 79 82100
 49706 68  200 ENZI         45 91 88 90 82 88 81 38 88 41 47 91 83 44 51 46 81 50 86 46 88 41 45 89 89 39 45 87 83 88 38 89 89 49 90 56 49 74 73 42 39 37 41 88 40 90 33 84 90 88 86 51 91 89 48 48 50 86 88 39 44 44 84 73 48 86 89 47 46 82 39 90 89 85 44 88 66 71 41 48 89 44 43 88 84 89 87 86 86 66 44 50 85 84 42 50 44 40 46100
 15633 68  200 THOMAS       52 89 86 89 82 88 83 40 89 42 48 91 82 47 52 47 82 51 87 47 87 42 46 90 91 41 46 87 86 86 39 89 88 48 89 56 50 76 73 43 40 38 43 89 42 91 34 85 89 87 86 53 90 89 49 51 50 87 87 41 45 45 86 74 49 84 87 47 47 83 41 88 88 86 46 88 66 72 41 49 89 45 45 87 84 90 87 85 87 67 45 53 86 83 44 49 45 41 48 93100

*************SYM21.DAT***************

E:\DTAORD\SEN105KH.ORD                                          
SENS105.DAT                                                     
 NUMBER OF RECORDS READ   101
 ERROR PARAMETER EIGENVALUE-EIGENVECTOR ROUTINE=    0
 EIGENVALUES OF DECOMPOSITION
     1    18.10023
     2     1.45223
     3     0.82432
     4     0.65680
     5     0.55154
     6     0.48708
     7     0.46500
     8     0.40006
     9     0.38608
    10     0.35778
    11     0.35253
    12     0.31793
    13     0.30005
    14     0.29086
    15     0.28073
    16     0.27742
    17     0.25948
    18     0.25349
    19     0.24358
    20     0.23360
      The first two lines of SYM21.DAT echo back the first two lines of SYMSTRT.DAT. The third line tells you how many legislators there are in the file, the fourth is a "flag" that tells you if the eigenvalue-eigenvector decomposition of the double-centered agreement score matrix was successful ("0" is yes), and then the first 20 eigenvectors are listed.

    2. Turn in a copy of the SYM21.DAT output file and a plot of the eigenvalues. Use Excel to to the plot. For example, here is a plot of the eigenvalues for the 105th Senate.

    1. Use Epsilon to enter the following commands on top of your agreement score output file:
      
TORSCA
PRE-ITERATIONS=3
DIMMAX=3,DIMMIN=1
COORDINATES=ROTATE
CARDS
ITERATIONS=50
REGRESSION=DESCENDING
DATA,LOWERHALFMATRIX,DIAGONAL=PRESENT,CUTOFF=.01
1999-2000 U. S. SENATE AGREEMENT SCORES
102  1  1
(27X,102F3.0)
*********agreement score file*********
COMPUTE
STOP
      Be sure to put the COMPUTE and STOP lines on the bottom of the agreement score file.

      Run KYST on this file and report the STRESS values for one, two, and three dimensions.

    2. Download the 106th Senate W-NOMINATE scores from my website:

      106th Senate W-NOMINATE Scores

      Merge the two and one dimensional coordinates from KYST into this file and put the file into Excel. Use Excel to compute the correlations between the the W-NOMINATE first and second dimension scores with the corresponding first and second dimension coordinates from KYST. Compute the correlation between the one dimensional KYST configuration with the first W-NOMINATE dimension.

    3. Use Excel to plot the first dimension of W-NOMINATE against the one dimensional KYST configuration.



  1. The aim of this problem is to familarize you with my Maximum Classification program. Download the program and the "control card" file:

    Maximum Classification Scaling Program

    Control Card File

    and place them in the same folder on a WINTEL machine. Use Epsilon to change PERFSTRT.DAT to look exactly like this: 
    
SEN106KH.ORD
NON-PARAMETRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNFOLDING OF 106th SENATE
    1  672   10   19    9
(3X,9A1,7X,4A1,2X,6A1,5X,1600I1)
(I5,1X,19A1,2I5,50F8.3)
    The first line is the roll call data file, the second line is the title, the third line, in order, is the number of dimensions, the number of roll calls, the number of iterations (leave as is), the number of "characters" to read off the front of each legislator's record (leave as is), and the record number of a Senator that you believe is on the "Left" (this just sets "liberal" on the left -- lower ranks or negative values on the first dimension if the scaling is in two or more dimensions -- and "conservative" on the right). The last line is the format for the coordinate output file.

    1. At the command line type

      PERFL

      The program should only take a few seconds to run and it produces three output files -- PERF21.DAT, PERF23.DAT, and PERF25.DAT. Turn in a copy of PERF21.DAT. It should look something like this:
       13 FEBRUARY  2001  16.44.37.14.
e:\dtaord\SEN105KH.ORD                                          
NON-PARAMETRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNFOLDING OF 105th SENATE       
    1  612   10    7    9
(3X,9A1,7X,4A1,2X,6A1,5X,1600I1)
(I5,1X,7A1,2I5,50F8.3)                                          
 ******************************************************************************
   1  486   0  47818   4919  0.897  0.663  0.695 -0.149  0.131
   2  101   0  47818   4870  0.898  0.663  0.698  0.000  0.999  0.995
   3  486   0  47818   4783  0.900  0.663  0.703 -1.000  1.000
   4  101   0  47818   4770  0.900  0.663  0.704  0.000  1.005  0.998
   5  486   0  47818   4739  0.901  0.663  0.706 -1.000  1.000
   6  101   0  47818   4739  0.901  0.663  0.706 -0.002  1.004  1.000
   7  486   0  47818   4732  0.901  0.663  0.706 -1.000  1.000
   8  101   0  47818   4730  0.901  0.663  0.706 -0.002  1.003  1.000
   9  486   0  47818   4723  0.901  0.663  0.707 -1.000  1.000
  10  101   0  47818   4724  0.901  0.663  0.707 -0.001  1.002  1.000
                      16.44.37.20.
 ELAPSED TIME OF JOB  16.44.38.96.
      The sixth column reports the correct classification. For the 105th Senate the algorithm quickly converges to 0.901 (90.1%).

    2. The file PERF25.DAT contains the output coordinates for the Senators and the roll calls. In one dimension, this is reported as a rank ordering. The first part of the file shows the Senators in rank order and then in the order that they appear in the roll call file with their ranking: 
       13 FEBRUARY  2001  17.13.16.06.
    1 4910133 0 100WELLST   32  472   0.932   1.000
    2 1423031 0 100HARKIN   31  466   0.933   2.000
    3 4930925 0 100FEINGO   84  486   0.827   3.000
    4 1430042 0 100BUMPER   49  482   0.898   4.000
    5  136656 0 100BYRD,   108  485   0.777   5.000
    6 1502121 0 100DURBIN   29  483   0.940   6.000
    7 4930321 0 100MOSELE   59  470   0.874   7.000
    8 10808 3 0 100KENNED   21  472   0.956   8.000
    9 1470923 0 100LEVIN,   34  479   0.929   9.000
   10 14920 3 0 100KERRY,   35  483   0.928  10.500
   11 29142 5 0 100REED     27  484   0.944  10.500
   12 1491412 0 100LAUTEN   39  486   0.920  12.000
                 etc.
                 etc.
                 etc.
  100 4950134 0 200ASHCRO   26  485   0.946 100.000
  101 15116 4 0 200SMITH,   24  483   0.950 101.000
 ******************************************************************************
    1 9990999 0 100CLINTO    8   79   0.899  16.500
    2 4970041 0 200SESSIO   25  480   0.948  96.000
    3 9465941 0 200SHELBY   51  484   0.895  82.000
    4 1490781 0 200MURKOW   33  468   0.929  75.000
    5 1210981 0 200STEVEN   49  484   0.899  54.000
    6 1542961 0 200KYL      32  474   0.932  97.000
    7 1503961 0 200MCCAIN   79  466   0.830  67.000
    8 1430042 0 100BUMPER   49  482   0.898   4.000
    9 2930642 0 200HUTCHI   32  469   0.932  93.000
   10 1501171 0 100BOXER    39  477   0.918  13.000
   11 4930071 0 100FEINST   46  482   0.905  31.000
   12 2910862 0 200ALLARD   29  485   0.940  89.000
   13 9540762 0 200CAMPBE   73  483   0.849  63.000
      Merge the rank ordering of the legislators into your Excel file and report the correlation of the rank ordering with the first dimension of W-NOMINATE, the first dimension of the KYST two dimensional coordinates, and the KYST one dimensional coordinates.

  2. Below is a matrix of squared distances between 5 points in two dimensions. One of the points is at the origin and the other 4 are arranged symmetrically around it. Double Center the matrix and solve for the coordinates. Show all your computations.
    
                           1   2   3   4   5
                         --------------------
                       1 | 0   2   4   2   1
                         |            
                       2 | 2   0   2   4   1
                         |            
                       3 | 4   2   0   2   1
                         |                       
                       4 | 2   4   2   0   1
                         |
                       5 | 1   1   1   1   0
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