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Bill Clinton's Operational Code: Assessing Source Material Bias
Author(s) -
Schafer Mark,
Crichlow Scott
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/0162-895x.00204
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , variance (accounting) , code (set theory) , descriptive statistics , politics , social psychology , psychology , key (lock) , computer science , statistics , computer security , law , political science , business , mathematics , programming language , physics , accounting , set (abstract data type) , astrophysics
This paper considers Bill Clinton's operational code as reflected in prepared speeches and spontaneous remarks. Differences between the two types of verbal material, their respective differences over time, and their respective variation after key intervening political events were subjected to analysis of variance as well as descriptive analyses. The results suggest that measurements based on spontaneous comments are preferable, particularly in providing sensitive measures of personal predispositions.