Comments for Rules of Reason http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com Uses and abuses of research on public policy and administration Sat, 04 May 2013 06:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Unit of analysis vs. Unit of observation by Dimiter Toshkov http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/unit-of-analysis-vs-unit-of-observation/#comment-1471 Sat, 04 May 2013 06:40:01 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=253#comment-1471 i would say unit of observation is the individual (that’s the level the observations are), but the unit of analysis is the household because that’s the level the inferences are made at

]]> Comment on Unit of analysis vs. Unit of observation by henri http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/unit-of-analysis-vs-unit-of-observation/#comment-1469 Fri, 03 May 2013 12:42:57 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=253#comment-1469 what would be the unites of analysis and units of observation in the following study: samples are selected by households in villages, so data is collected at the Household level, but questions are asked only to one individual in the household. I’m guessing units of analysis are individuals within households, and units of observation are households within villages…

what would you say?

]]> Comment on Network visualization in R with the igraph package by Dimiter Toshkov http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/network-visualization-in-r-with-the-igraph-package/#comment-1468 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:53:00 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-1468 The distance between the nodes is a function of the relatedness as discovered in the data. So it would defeat the purpose of the network graph to specify the clusters in advance. What you can do is color members of the same specialization in the same color to see whether the specializations actually correspond to the clusters as discovered in the actual data. hope that helps.

]]> Comment on Network visualization in R with the igraph package by Anonymous http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/network-visualization-in-r-with-the-igraph-package/#comment-1467 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:36:59 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-1467 For example, BD, AA, CA, DE are having same specialization. How could I plot graph having all four clustering/sticking close to each other as “a group”. Pardon me, I am new on this. Hope the question is clear. Thanks in advance.

]]> Comment on Network visualization in R with the igraph package by Dimiter Toshkov http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/network-visualization-in-r-with-the-igraph-package/#comment-1466 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:27:01 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-1466 what do you mean by ‘cluster’?

]]> Comment on Network visualization in R with the igraph package by Anonymous http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/network-visualization-in-r-with-the-igraph-package/#comment-1465 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:17:16 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-1465 Is there any way to cluster the same “specialisation” together?

]]> Comment on Interest groups and the making of legislation by OUR WEBSITE http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/interest-groups-and-the-making-of-legislation/#comment-1464 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:01:03 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=711#comment-1464 Aw, this was an exceptionally nice post. Taking
a few minutes and actual effort to generate
a really good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate a whole lot and don’t manage to get anything done.

]]> Comment on Swimming in a sea of code by Helena Baptista http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/swimming-in-a-sea-of-code/#comment-1461 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:26:25 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=749#comment-1461 Very good! :)
R was my first attempt to work without menus and buttons, and is really scary at the beginning, it still is… and has you say it eventually become better, I am still waiting for that time when I will not cross my fingers every time that I press enter and wait to see if it worked or not.
Thanks for making me feel that I am not alone.
Cheers

]]> Comment on Swimming in a sea of code by Anonymous http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/swimming-in-a-sea-of-code/#comment-1441 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:59:36 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=749#comment-1441 Great post. Arrived and survived VBA. Drowned with R but venture once more. Sometimes feels like you need to experience the helplessness in order to venture forth.

]]> Comment on Swimming in a sea of code by carlwitthoft http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/swimming-in-a-sea-of-code/#comment-1440 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:38:18 +0000 http://rulesofreason.wordpress.com/?p=749#comment-1440 Aaaaannnd… this is why we follow Mr. Burns’ (not the owner of the Springfield nuke plant; the other one) leadership thru The R-Inferno. Well, that and StackOverflow!

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