Exploring 2x2 Matrices in Political Science: An Irreverent Perspective
Delve into the world of 2x2 matrices in political science with a humorous twist, uncovering their foibles, fallacies, and effectiveness. From youthful rigidity to complex behavioral continuums, this unconventional take on matrices unveils their application in various scenarios like spouse choices, behavioral norms, and even scotch whiskey preferences.
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1 2X2 Matrices in Poli Sci an irreverent and lighthearted perspective PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB OF CLEVELAND APRIL 2021
2 Overview Why 2X2 matrices? 2X2 matrices in Poli Sci Foibles and Fallacies of 2X2 matrices, and why they work so well 2X2 in Poli Sci
3 When we are very young, or very rigid 2X2 in Poli Sci
4 Fifty Shades of Grey 2X2 in Poli Sci
5 Continuum 2X2 in Poli Sci
6 Well normalized for behavioral continuum 2X2 in Poli Sci
7 2X2 in Poli Sci
8 Lots of Money Enter the 2X2 matrix Patient Desirability Chronic Disorganization OCD No Insurance 2X2 in Poli Sci
9 Sexy Spouse Choice Poor Rich Cold 2X2 in Poli Sci
10 Sexy Spouse Choice Mean Kind Cold 2X2 in Poli Sci
11 Good Cook Spouse Choice Mean Kind Order out 2X2 in Poli Sci
12 Gartner Group 2X2 in Poli Sci
13 Johari Window 2X2 in Poli Sci
14 Scotch Whiskey 2X2 in Poli Sci
15 The 2X2 in Poli Sci 2X2 in Poli Sci
16 The Political Compass Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
17 2X2 in Poli Sci
18 Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
Freedom 19 Socialism Capitalism Equality Communism Nazism Milton Rokeach Socialists (socialism) freedom ranked 1st, equality ranked 2nd Two Axis model based on Freedom and Equality Based on content analysis of speeches and other written material of 17 factors from Eysenck s work Hitler (Nazism) freedom ranked 16th, equality ranked 17th Goldwater (capitalism) freedom ranked 1st, equality ranked 16th Lenin (communism) freedom ranked 17th, equality ranked 1st https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum#Mult i-axis_models 2X2 in Poli Sci
20 Inlehart-Welzer Based analysis of World Values survey in the Economist 2003 By Koyos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5459884 2X2 in Poli Sci
problems with society can be rationally solved 21 Pournelle Chart FOCUSES ON DISTINGUISHING POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES Freedom from control or protection for social deviance Norm enforcement REASON MAY NOT SAVE US, BUT THE LACK OF REASON WILL NOT SAVE US WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY skeptical of solving social problems by reason. The original uploader was Jeremykemp at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 2X2 in Poli Sci
22 Foibles and Fallacies of 2X2 matrices, and why they work so well 2X2 in Poli Sci
23 Sample Qualifying Questions Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
24 Sample Qualifying Questions Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
25 Likert Scaling in Psychology Define the focus Political Compass Unidimensional rating Created in England in the 1990 s Judges norm statements for the amount of favorableness towards left or right Updated frequently Amount of rigor in norming not clear Some questions seem to lack focus relativity Determine high correlation statements, high t-test values Rating of others (i.e., Clinton or Trump) very subjective due to the interpretation of the rater Select a set of statements that will show high correlation with ideals from the focus area https://conjointly.com/kb/likert-scaling/ 2X2 in Poli Sci
26 Aiming for the upper right Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
27 Accuracy of third-party impressions? Source: politicalcompass.org 2X2 in Poli Sci
What does this mean? 2X2 in Poli Sci
29 China ? Societal Norms? USA? Western Europe ? 2X2 in Poli Sci
30 What does this mean? ME 2X2 in Poli Sci
31 What about those with more extreme views? LL 2X2 in Poli Sci
32 DT What about The Donald? Refugees Muslim Travel USA First 2X2 in Poli Sci
33 Q-ANON? Proud Boys? New Movements? Woke movement ? 2X2 in Poli Sci
34 Summary? No model appears to be able to handle the complexities of modern-day politics Some elucidate the subject a bit more clearly Maybe together, multiple models start to grasp the elephant of why we are evolving in politics the way we are None of them start to capture the impact of modern media 2X2 in Poli Sci
