Applications to a Political Science PhD Program
Ordinal ratings (faculty evaluations) of applicants to a Political Science PhD Program.
data(admit)
A data frame with 106 observations on the following 6 variables.
scorean ordered factor with levels 1 < 2 < 3 < 4 < 5
gre.quantapplicant's score on the quantitative section of the GRE; the maximum score is 800
gre.verbalapplicant's score on the verbal section of the GRE; the maximum score is 800
ap1 if the applicant indicated an interest in American politics; 0 otherwise
pt1 if the applicant indicated an interest in Political Theory; 0 otherwise
female1 for female applicants; 0 otherwise
Jackman, Simon. 2004. "What Do We Learn From Graduate Admissions Committees?: A Multiple-Rater, Latent Variable Model, with Incomplete Discrete and Continuous Indicators." Political Analysis. 12(4):400-424.
data(admit)
summary(admit)
## ordered probit model
op1 <- MASS::polr(score ~ gre.quant + gre.verbal + ap + pt + female,
Hess=TRUE,
data=admit,
method="probit")
summary(op1)
hitmiss(op1)
logLik(op1)
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