A Conflict-Cooperation Scale for WEIS Events Data
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Vol. 36 (2) , 369-385
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002792036002007
Abstract
The problem of aggregating WEIS events data, coded as discrete events, into a continuous time series representing conflict or cooperation between two nations is discussed. Past literature on the subject reveals continuing confusion and controversy regarding such a conflict-cooperation scale. A new scale based on a small panel of international relations faculty is presented. Replication of several past studies of great power reciprocity, using the new scale, shows a slight increase in the statistical significance of relationships.Keywords
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