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Product ID: 99304
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Undergraduate

Growth of Partisan Support I: Model and Estimation (UMAP)

Author: Carol Weitzel Kohfeld


This unit introduces the student to nonlinear representation (first order quadratic difference equation) for political mobilization processes. Within the module students investigate analytic consequences of substantive assumptions and estimate model parameters and interpretations.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

MODEL

THREE EXAMPLES

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

©1979 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
22 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Discrete & Finite Mathematics , Differential Equations

Application Areas:

Social Studies , American Politics

Prerequisites:

First order linear difference equations with constant coefficients; basis for least squares estimation

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