R/PsychicDistanceStimuli.R

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#' Psychic distance stimuli (Dow & Karunaratna, 2006)
#'
#' Data on the five psychic distance stimuli for 14280 country pairs (120 home countries and 120 host countries).
#'
#' @format A tibble with 14280 observations and 31 variables:
#' \itemize{
#'   \item origin. Factor indicating the first country (ISO3 code) of the country pair.
#'   \item destination. Factor indicating the second country (ISO3 code) of the country pair.
#'   \item CountryPair. Factor uniting the origin and the destination using "-".
#'   \item PDS_Educ_diff_in_pct_lit_adults. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the % of literate adults between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_Educ_diff_in_pct_stud_2nd_educ. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the % of population enrolled in 2nd level education between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_Educ_diff_in_pct_stud_3rd_educ. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the % of population enrolled in 3rd level education between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_Levels_of_Education. Numeric. The preceding three indicators have be reduced to a single factor using confirmatory factor analysis (cfa).  This factor score has been estimated using all 14,240 country pairs (i.e. including the imputed values for Serbia and Taiwan).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_GDPcap. Integer. Measured as the difference in US$ GDP per capita between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_energy_cons. Integer. Measured as the difference in energy consumption (equivalent kg coal pc) between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_nb_cars. Integer. Measured as the difference in the number of cars per 1,000 people between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_pct_non_agr_labor. Integer. Measured as the difference in the % non-agricultural labour between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_pct_urban_pop. Integer. Measured as the difference in the % urban population between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_nb_daily_newspap. Integer. Measured as the difference in the # of daily newspapers per 1,000 people between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_nb_radios. Integer. Measured as the difference in the number of radios per 1,000 people between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_nb_phones. Integer. Measured as the difference in the number of telephones per 100 people between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_IndDev_diff_nb_tv. Integer. Measured as the difference in the number of televisions per 1,000 people between the countries forming the country pair (source: United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, New York, United Nations Statistical Division, 1995.    United Nations, 'Social Indicator data', {https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/}).
#'   \item PDS_Levels_of_Industrial_Development. Numeric. The preceding nine indicators have be reduced to a single factor using confirmatory factor analysis (cfa). (for more details: {https://sites.google.com/site/ddowresearch/home/scales/industrial-development}).
#'   \item PDS_Lng_diff_btw_dominant_lng. Integer. Measured on a 5-point scale which quantifies the difference between the dominant languages of the countries forming the country pair (primary source: Gordon, R. G. (ed), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2005).
#'   \item PDS_Lng_incidence_dom_lng_cnt1_in_cnt2. Integer. Measured on a 5 point scale based on the incidence of the origin country's dominant language(s) in the destination country of each country pair (primary source: Gordon, R. G. (ed), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2005).
#'   \item PDS_Lng_incidence_dom_lng_cnt2_in_cnt1. Integer. Measured on a 5 point scale based on the incidence of the destination country's dominant language(s) in the origin country of each country pair (primary source: Gordon, R. G. (ed), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2005).
#'   \item PDS_Languages. Numeric. The preceding three indicators have be reduced to a single factor using confirmatory factor analysis (cfa). (for more details: {https://sites.google.com/site/ddowresearch/home/scales/languages}).
#'   \item PDS_PolSys_diff_POLCONV. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the POLCON V scale between the countries forming the country pair (primary source: {https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/heniszpolcon/polcondataset/}).
#'   \item PDS_PolSys_diff_POLITYIV. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the Modified POLITY IV scale between the countries forming the country pair (primary source: {http://www.systemicpeace.org/inscrdata.html}).
#'   \item PDS_PolSys_diff_Political_rights. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the Freedom House Political Rights scale between the countries forming the country pair (primary source: {https://freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-world}).
#'   \item PDS_PolSys_diff_Civil_Liberties. Numeric. Measured as the difference in the Freedom House Civil Liberties scale between the countries forming the country pair (primary source: {https://freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-world}).
#'   \item PDS_Pol_dem. Numeric. The preceding four democracy indicators have be reduced to a single factor using confirmatory factor analysis (cfa). (for more details: {https://sites.google.com/site/ddowresearch/home/scales/democracy}).
#'   \item PDS_Pol_soc. Numeric. Measured as the difference in Beck's Political Ideology scale between the countries forming the country pair (primary source: Beck, T., Clarke, G., et al. (2001) 'New Tools in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions', World Bank Economic Review 15(1): 165-176.).
#'   \item PDS_Relig_diff_btw_dominant_Relig. Integer. Measured on a 5 point scale which quantifies the difference between the dominant religions of each country forming the country pair. (primary source: Barrett, D. B., World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982    CIA Factbook, 2002).
#'   \item PDS_Relig_incidence_dom_Relig_cnt1_in_cnt2. Integer. Measured on a 5 point scale based on the incidence of the origin country's dominant religion(s) in the destination country of each country pair. (primary source: Barrett, D. B., World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982    CIA Factbook, 2002).
#'   \item PDS_Relig_incidence_dom_Relig_cnt2_in_cnt1. Integer. Measured on a 5 point scale based on the incidence of the destination country's dominant religion(s) in the origin country of each country pair. (primary source: Barrett, D. B., World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982    CIA Factbook, 2002).
#'   \item PDS_Religions. Numeric. The preceding three indicators have be reduced to a single factor using confirmatory factor analysis (cfa). (for more details: {https://sites.google.com/site/ddowresearch/home/scales/religion}).
#' }
#' @source \url{https://sites.google.com/site/ddowresearch/home/scales}
#' @docType data
#' @keywords Psychic distance stimuli, Dow & Karunaratna, Languages, Religions, Industrial Development, Levels of Education, Political Systems, international business
#' @name PsychicDistanceStimuli
#' @usage data("PsychicDistanceStimuli")
#' @references {Dow, D. – Karunaratna, A. (2006): Developing a Multidimensional Instrument to Measure Psychic Distance Stimuli. Journal of International Business Studies, 37, No. 5, pp. 575 – 577}
"PsychicDistanceStimuli"