Patterns of Oppression: An Exploratory Analysis of Human-Rights Data
作者:
DavidL. Banks,
期刊:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
(Taylor Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 84,
issue 407
页码: 674-681
ISSN:0162-1459
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1080/01621459.1989.10478820
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: CART;Cross-validation;k-means clustering;Stepwide discriminant analysis;Variable clustering
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This article reports an exploratory analysis of human-rights data compiled for 74 countries during 1982–1983. The information is combined with social, demographic, and economic indexes, then subjected to the scrutiny of CART, nearest-neighbor clustering, and other classification and clustering algorithms. Human-rights data separate most nations into one of seven categories; these categories can also be accurately predicted from widely available social and economic indexes. The results suggest that one need monitor only a small number of human-rights indexes to capture most of the original information, thus reducing the cost and complexity of human-rights assessment. Also, the analysis discovers socioeconomic indexes associated with certain patterns of human-rights violation, and this may enable a better understanding of climates that foster compliance with the International Bill of Rights.
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