3-Line Results: Further Analysis
I have some more analysis to add on the 3-Line Quiz respondents. First, the data is available for download in Excel form here.
This is a graphic to show the frequency of each score, per line. Click to see the full size.
Like I said in the last post, the economics line had the most variety and the biggest spread in results. The other two were more condense, especially social. The social line saw about half of the respondents score republican, which as I've figured the test is around the US mainstream (that, or radical-leaning). Since it had the most variety, I used the Cap/Soc line to analyze the rest of the results against.
This PivotChart is therefore organized first by CapSoc results along the top, by column, and LibPop and then RadCon are along the side, by row. This is the easiest way to see how different those of different economic viewpoints scored on the other two lines. If RadCon or LibPop had been along the top, there would have been even less of a spread and therefore less to learn.
I'll start off with the economic scores and analyze the correlations. As I said, the economic scores had the greatest spread of the 3 lines; moderates had the poorest showing on this line (both comparing the other Econ scores and comparing to the other lines) and free marketeers edged out anarcho-capitalists for the plurality of respondents.
First: anarcho-capitalists. They are overwhelmingly correlated with anarchists and libertarians; those getting an AnCap econ score almost always got a libertarian or anarchist legal score. Out of 61 AnCaps, 38 scored anarchist and 20 libertarian. That isn't surprising; it means that those favoring extensive economic freedom want extensive legal freedom as well. The three outliers are either jokes, mistakes or very weird people (especially so for whoever scored AnCap-Fascist-Autocrat).
The AnCaps averaged lower scores on the societal line. While over a third scored democrat, slightly more than that scored republican. Almost a fifth scored radical-leaning. Part of this spread is likely due to the nature of the RadCon line; scoring highly on the radical line can require viewpoints like anti-clericalism, feminism, and other issues that tend to be at odds with libertarianism.
The 66 Free Marketeers had the highest correlation with legal libertarian; two-thirds of FMs scored libertarian. In fact, FM-Lib was a more common score than any other two-score combination; FM-Lib-republican was the most common three-score combo in the test, accounting for 11.2% of all respondents. FMs continued the downward trend on the RadCon line that we saw with the AnCaps; FMs had the highest relation to Republicans, followed by Radical-Leaners. More FMs scored as conservative-leaner than democrat.
So between the AnCaps and the FMs, the two most common econ scores, we can already tell that the three lines tend to correlate. If you're a little more moderate on the economic line, you're more likely to be more moderate on the other lines. Both AnCaps and FMs tended to get lower scores on the RadCon line, while still remaining decidedly on the radical side.
Surprisingly, the capitalist-leaners and the socialist-leaners both had fairly similar spreads on the LibPop line; for both, libertarian was the highest score, followed by liberal-leaner. Those scoring planner were twice as likely to score liberal-leaning than libertarian. Not enough people scored Communist to get much out of the responses; of those who did score, however, as many scored Fascist as Libertarian.
So clearly, as one goes from AnCap to Commie, the average legal score drops as well - though those one either side of economic moderate scored roughly the same (proportionally) on the LibPop line.
If you go to the Excel data and fiddle with the data (I used the PivotChart and switched it to put RadCon across the top, CapSoc on the left and LibPop inside of it) you'll see an unexpected correlation. Those scoring Democrat were most likely to score AnCap (21 out of 47) than any other economic score. Those scoring republican were almost twice as likely to be on the capitalist side of the econ line than either moderate or socialist. Even the radical-leaners were more likely free marketeer than any other econ score. Does this mean that progressive-mindedness is equivalent to economic freedom? Well, probably a much better answer is that those taking the test were just likely to be libertarian-leaning anyway. But at the least it shows that being capitalist doesn't make you socially conservative or backward.
It's also important to point out that a large part of the RadCon line is voting, elections and the like - so it means that free market ideals and democratic values are compatible. Of course, few outside of socialist circles or Europe try to argue that capitalism is inherently undemocratic.
So there you go - some preliminary findings of the data. Be warned: this is still a relatively small sample, and the test itself may need adjustments. Try it yourself.
This is a graphic to show the frequency of each score, per line. Click to see the full size.
Like I said in the last post, the economics line had the most variety and the biggest spread in results. The other two were more condense, especially social. The social line saw about half of the respondents score republican, which as I've figured the test is around the US mainstream (that, or radical-leaning). Since it had the most variety, I used the Cap/Soc line to analyze the rest of the results against.
This PivotChart is therefore organized first by CapSoc results along the top, by column, and LibPop and then RadCon are along the side, by row. This is the easiest way to see how different those of different economic viewpoints scored on the other two lines. If RadCon or LibPop had been along the top, there would have been even less of a spread and therefore less to learn.
I'll start off with the economic scores and analyze the correlations. As I said, the economic scores had the greatest spread of the 3 lines; moderates had the poorest showing on this line (both comparing the other Econ scores and comparing to the other lines) and free marketeers edged out anarcho-capitalists for the plurality of respondents.
First: anarcho-capitalists. They are overwhelmingly correlated with anarchists and libertarians; those getting an AnCap econ score almost always got a libertarian or anarchist legal score. Out of 61 AnCaps, 38 scored anarchist and 20 libertarian. That isn't surprising; it means that those favoring extensive economic freedom want extensive legal freedom as well. The three outliers are either jokes, mistakes or very weird people (especially so for whoever scored AnCap-Fascist-Autocrat).
The AnCaps averaged lower scores on the societal line. While over a third scored democrat, slightly more than that scored republican. Almost a fifth scored radical-leaning. Part of this spread is likely due to the nature of the RadCon line; scoring highly on the radical line can require viewpoints like anti-clericalism, feminism, and other issues that tend to be at odds with libertarianism.
The 66 Free Marketeers had the highest correlation with legal libertarian; two-thirds of FMs scored libertarian. In fact, FM-Lib was a more common score than any other two-score combination; FM-Lib-republican was the most common three-score combo in the test, accounting for 11.2% of all respondents. FMs continued the downward trend on the RadCon line that we saw with the AnCaps; FMs had the highest relation to Republicans, followed by Radical-Leaners. More FMs scored as conservative-leaner than democrat.
So between the AnCaps and the FMs, the two most common econ scores, we can already tell that the three lines tend to correlate. If you're a little more moderate on the economic line, you're more likely to be more moderate on the other lines. Both AnCaps and FMs tended to get lower scores on the RadCon line, while still remaining decidedly on the radical side.
Surprisingly, the capitalist-leaners and the socialist-leaners both had fairly similar spreads on the LibPop line; for both, libertarian was the highest score, followed by liberal-leaner. Those scoring planner were twice as likely to score liberal-leaning than libertarian. Not enough people scored Communist to get much out of the responses; of those who did score, however, as many scored Fascist as Libertarian.
So clearly, as one goes from AnCap to Commie, the average legal score drops as well - though those one either side of economic moderate scored roughly the same (proportionally) on the LibPop line.
If you go to the Excel data and fiddle with the data (I used the PivotChart and switched it to put RadCon across the top, CapSoc on the left and LibPop inside of it) you'll see an unexpected correlation. Those scoring Democrat were most likely to score AnCap (21 out of 47) than any other economic score. Those scoring republican were almost twice as likely to be on the capitalist side of the econ line than either moderate or socialist. Even the radical-leaners were more likely free marketeer than any other econ score. Does this mean that progressive-mindedness is equivalent to economic freedom? Well, probably a much better answer is that those taking the test were just likely to be libertarian-leaning anyway. But at the least it shows that being capitalist doesn't make you socially conservative or backward.
It's also important to point out that a large part of the RadCon line is voting, elections and the like - so it means that free market ideals and democratic values are compatible. Of course, few outside of socialist circles or Europe try to argue that capitalism is inherently undemocratic.
So there you go - some preliminary findings of the data. Be warned: this is still a relatively small sample, and the test itself may need adjustments. Try it yourself.
Related Posts (on one page):
- 3-Line Results: Further Analysis
- 3-Line Results