Assessing the Structure of Policy Preferences: A Hard Test of the Low Dimensionality Hypothesis
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This paper analyzes belief systems in a novel way, modeling relational patterns of policy disagreements using nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Because of its flexible assumptions, the approach enables us to conduct a notably harder test of the 'low dimensionality' hypothesis than is found in previous work. The results support the proposition that a basic space (consisting of a small number of interwoven issue domains) anchors the policy dimension of public opinion. Among our findings, we show that voters---especially those meeting a minimum threshold of political sophistication---neither lack meaningful attitudes nor hold distinct preferences across a wide range of issues. Rather, their policy attitudes are organized alongside relevant core values and affective evaluations in a common, low-dimensional cognitive space. A unidimensiona' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["ideology","multidimensional scaling (MDS)","public opinion"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This paper analyzes belief systems in a novel way, modeling relational patterns of policy disagreements using nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Because of its flexible assumptions, the approach enables us to conduct a notably harder test of the 'low dimensionality' hypothesis than is found in previous work. The results support the proposition that a basic space (consisting of a small number of interwoven issue domains) anchors the policy dimension of public opinion. Among our findings, we show that voters---especially those meeting a minimum threshold of political sophistication---neither lack meaningful attitudes nor hold distinct preferences across a wide range of issues. Rather, their policy attitudes are organized alongside relevant core values and affective evaluations in a common, low-dimensional cognitive space. A unidimensiona' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
This paper analyzes belief systems in a novel way, modeling relational patterns of policy disagreements using nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Because of its flexible assumptions, the approach enables us to conduct a notably harder test of the 'low dimensionality' hypothesis than is found in previous work. The results support the proposition that a basic space (consisting of a small number of interwoven issue domains) anchors the policy dimension of public opinion. Among our findings, we show that voters---especially those meeting a minimum threshold of political sophistication---neither lack meaningful attitudes nor hold distinct preferences across a wide range of issues. Rather, their policy attitudes are organized alongside relevant core values and affective evaluations in a common, low-dimensional cognitive space. A unidimensiona
ideology; multidimensional scaling (MDS); public opinion