Plamen Akaliyski

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How can I justify the use of statistical significance at the 10%?

I know that if we have small sample size and we wish to be less orthodox, we could report 10% statistical significance as a significant finding. Is there any literature I could refer to to defend...

24 March 2015 1,959 64 View

Does the fixed-effects method deal successfully with the problem of independence of observations which is present in cross-national research?

I am referring to the so called "Galton's problem" according to which there is spatial dependence between countries with regard to cultural differences. That is, there is diffusion of cultural...

03 May 2014 7,881 3 View

Can I do fixed- and random-effects models with only 6 countries and 21 country-time observations?

I want to use only 1 independent variable - GDP per capita - and to control for time effects (6 dummy variables for each wave).

18 March 2014 5,970 8 View

What kind of research questions can spatial analysis answer?

I am analysing cultural values in Europe using data from ESS (data on between 20 and 30 countries, divided into hundreds of regions, collected at 6 time points). My analysis (MDS) so far indicates...

11 March 2014 397 36 View

Can we do multinomial logistic regression with fixed and random effects models for analyzing panel data?

I am using statistical package STATA.

21 January 2014 2,224 13 View

How to run the Hausman test if I have time-invariant regressors (in the RE model only)?

I want to use the Hausman test to choose between Fixed-effects and Random-effects model. The problem is that I have an important time-invariant control variable which I can obviously include only...

07 November 2013 6,871 21 View

Can you recommend introductory literature on Dynamic Panel Model?

Could be also empirical papers. Something with practical examples using STATA would be ideal.

21 July 2013 5,553 3 View

Country weights to account for population size in statistical analysis?

I am doing a longitudinal data analysis with aggregated national level data from world value survey. It would make sense to give more weight to countries with higher population. Currently China...

14 July 2013 1,584 10 View

Can we analyze longitudinal (panel) data with SPSS?

Can we perform random and fixed effects model analysis with binary dependent variable with SPSS?

16 June 2013 9,399 7 View

Is it possible that there is mistake in the data of CIA's World Factbook?

According to their data set the GINI coefficient in Bulgaria grew from 26 (2001) to 45.3 (2007). This is a dramatic change from one of the lowest positions in Europe to the highest in just 6...

24 March 2013 1,187 5 View

What is the "Bible" of statistics?

I am specifically interested in statistics in social sciences (sociology).

27 February 2013 7,426 21 View

How important is the significance test in an OLS regression analysis when using aggregate data?

For example, when we try to explain "percentage of religious people in a country" by "GDP per capita" in 25 European countries. In this case the data will be representative for the whole...

20 February 2013 5,117 15 View

Is there a index which measures how favorable (pleasant) the weather in the country is?

It could be something like the data set in the link below, but for the EU member states (or at least for the capital cities of the EU states). In case such data doesn't exist I would appreciate...

09 February 2013 5,164 3 View

Is there some indexes of cultural similarity for the European states?

I need something like in the link below (in German but understandable for non-German speakers). Do you think this one is plausible?

09 February 2013 3,815 8 View

In a multiple regression analysis: can the beta coefficient be larger than 1 and if so is there something wrong in the analysis?

I had that case when using STATA. The standardised coefficient was equal to 1.34, but I thought the ceiling is 1.

18 September 2012 6,539 19 View