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Political dimensions and relative party positions: A factor analytical study of Swedish attitude data
Author(s) -
LINDÉN MICHAEL
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1975.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - generality , psychology , oblique case , politics , social psychology , set (abstract data type) , factor (programming language) , principal (computer security) , variables , statistics , political science , mathematics , law , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , psychotherapist , programming language , operating system
.— The problems of this study were to describe dimensions and related party positions, representative of significant attitude differences in Swedish politics. A set of 97 attitude statements was answered by subjects representing the five largest Swedish political parties and rated for content validity by the subjects and an expert group of political scientists. The correlations of the attitude variables were analyzed by the principal factor method. Factor scores were computed by multiple regressions, relative party positions calculated as party means, and the differences tested by a multiple comparison procedure. Following the results of an initial analysis 42 marker variables were further analyzed. A dimensional description based on an oblique five‐factor solution is presented. The generality of obtained dimensions is commented by national and international comparisons.