Friday, November 14, 2003



Graphing the NZ blogosphere, part II

Yesterday's request for data has produced enough results for a graph, so here it is: how NZ bloggers score on Chris Lightfoot's Political Survey:

A note about the axes: As noted below, this uses axes based on statistical clustering in the questionspace. Left / Right is like the traditional L/R axis, and is about authoritarianism, nationalism, laissez faire vs interventionist economics, and the death penalty. Pragmatism / idealism is more difficult, mixing social, economic and religious issues. There's a fair amount of crossover between the axes, so for example wanting private provision of social services gives you both right and "pragmatic" points. More details here and here.

Actual numbers (again, from right to left):

BlogRight / LeftPragmatism / Idealism
KiwiPete4.22594.2090
NZPundit3.71853.7240
Running Blog Capitalist3.45697.2996
Triplux1.09668.0298
Genius NZ-0.95792.9117
Gryfon0.69036.6084
This Chick-0.08493.9244
KiwiPundit-0.47864.8601
NZPols-1.98997.4081
Gareth Robinson-2.50002.1900
Justin Moore-3.40902.1424
Hans-4.7982.4615
Half Pie-4.88261.9654
NoiZyBlog-4.90812.0246
Leto-4.9157-1.6210
David Zanetti-5.01381.5464
The Grey Shade-5.30680.9535
ObservatioNZ-6.56825.5003
Face Left-7.1566-1.2450
Philosophy, etc-7.32513.5051
First Against the Wall-8.17040.3601
Idiot/Savant-8.33691.8390
Greg Stephens-8.4001-0.0668
Span-9.6633-2.0380
Left and Lefter-11.755-1.4817

As before, I'll add more data as it comes in.

Update (15/11/03): Added KiwiPete, Gryfon, and KiwiPundit.

Update 2 (16/11/03): Added Leto (our first blogger in the bottom half), and fixed Gryfon's name.

Update 3 (19/11/03): Added Running Blog Capitalist, Justin Moore and NoiZyBlog (who is practically on top of Half Pie).

Update 4 (24/10/04): Added Hans, Face Left, and Left and Lefter. Extended the right/left axis to fit Asher on.

Update 5 (27/10/04): Added GeniusNZ, The Grey Shade, Philosophy, etc, First Against the Wall, and Span.

Update 6 (09/01/05): Added Gareth Robinson, ObservatioNZ, and Greg Stephens

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