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Alliances (v3.03)
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1a. Documentation
Alliance Data v3 FAQ.rtf
MS Word - 2 MB - 46 downloads
Basic Data Set. The unit of observation in the main Alliance 3.0 data set is the alliance member. That is, each line of data represents one state in one alliance. Multiple lines (with the same alliance number) show up the full membership of an alliance. Each member is coded as to the dates they joined and exited the alliance (individual members may join or leave an alliance even as the alliance continues), the type of alliance commitment, and whether or not the alliance was left-censored or right-censored (i.e. started before 1816 or was ongoing as of 2000, respectively). We have created a "Frequently Asked Questions" list that includes common questions and answers about coding rules and the particular application of them to specific cases. You may download or view this document (in rich-text format)
Alliance_v3.03_Coding_Manual.doc
MS Word - 83 KB - 32 downloads
Word document of the coding manual for this study
Alliance_v3.03_Coding_Manual.rtf
MS Word - 68 KB - 22 downloads
Basic Data Set. The unit of observation in the main Alliance 3.0 data set is the alliance member. That is, each line of data represents one state in one alliance. Multiple lines (with the same alliance number) show up the full membership of an alliance. Each member is coded as to the dates they joined and exited the alliance (individual members may join or leave an alliance even as the alliance continues), the type of alliance commitment, and whether or not the alliance was left-censored or right-censored (i.e. started before 1816 or was ongoing as of 2000, respectively). Codebook for this study
1b. Documentation
Dyadic_Alliance_v3.03_documentation.rtf
MS Word - 18 KB - 28 downloads
Dyadic Data Set. To assist research focusing on interstate dyads, we have converted the alliance data set into two auxiliary (dyadic-annual) files. These files contain information – on an annual basis – as to the alliance relationship between any two states. All dyad-years where some alliance tie is present are contained in these files – if a dyad-year is not listed, then there is no formal alliance between the two states in that year. When alliance membership changed during the year (e.g. if a country left an alliance on some date while the alliance itself continued, or it joined after the initial date of alliance creation), a check was performed to ensure that the dyad members were members of the alliance for at least one common day. If they were, then a record showing an alliance status for the year was created. Note that these are large data sets in comma-delimited ascii format, with values separated by commas and ending in a .csv extension. By default in Microsoft Windows, files with a .csv extension will open in Microsoft Excel. However, Excel limits the size of spreadsheets. These data files contain more records than Excel allows, and Excel will thus only read part of the data set. To use these datasets, you should use a statistics program such as SPSS or Stata (for instance, use Stata’s “insheet” command) to correctly access the full data. Complete details of the dyadic formats
2a. Data
Alliance_v3.03.csv
MS Excel - 50 KB - 41 downloads
Excel, comma seperated values file
Alliance_v3.03.tab
Tab Separated - 53 KB - 25 downloads + analyses
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Data file for this study
Tabular Data1017 Cases15 Variables
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Alliance_v3.03.zip
application/x-zip-compressed - 46 KB - 24 downloads
Basic Data Set. The unit of observation in the main Alliance 3.0 data set is the alliance member. That is, each line of data represents one state in one alliance. Multiple lines (with the same alliance number) show up the full membership of an alliance. Each member is coded as to the dates they joined and exited the alliance (individual members may join or leave an alliance even as the alliance continues), the type of alliance commitment, and whether or not the alliance was left-censored or right-censored (i.e. started before 1816 or was ongoing as of 2000, respectively). Zip file contatining data for this study and codebook
2b. Data
Alliance_v303_annual_dyadic_multiple.csv
MS Excel - 2 MB - 26 downloads
Excel, comma seperated values file
Alliance_v303_annual_dyadic_multiple.tab
Tab Separated - 2 MB - 16 downloads + analyses
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Data file for this study - Dyadic_Alliance
Tabular Data105482 Cases6 Variables
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Alliance_v303_annual_dyadic_single.csv
MS Excel - 2 MB - 17 downloads
Excel, comma seperated values file
Alliance_v303_annual_dyadic_single.tab
Tab Separated - 2 MB - 14 downloads + analyses
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Data file for this study - Dyadic_Alliance
Tabular Data105482 Cases6 Variables
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Alliance_v3.03_dyadic.zip
application/x-zip-compressed - 500 KB - 21 downloads
Dyadic Data Set. To assist research focusing on interstate dyads, we have converted the alliance data set into two auxiliary (dyadic-annual) files. These files contain information – on an annual basis – as to the alliance relationship between any two states. All dyad-years where some alliance tie is present are contained in these files – if a dyad-year is not listed, then there is no formal alliance between the two states in that year. When alliance membership changed during the year (e.g. if a country left an alliance on some date while the alliance itself continued, or it joined after the initial date of alliance creation), a check was performed to ensure that the dyad members were members of the alliance for at least one common day. If they were, then a record showing an alliance status for the year was created. Note that these are large data sets in comma-delimited ascii format, with values separated by commas and ending in a .csv extension. By default in Microsoft Windows, files with a .csv extension will open in Microsoft Excel. However, Excel limits the size of spreadsheets. These data files contain more records than Excel allows, and Excel will thus only read part of the data set. To use these datasets, you should use a statistics program such as SPSS or Stata (for instance, use Stata’s “insheet” command) to correctly access the full data. Zip file containing this data.
3. Detailed Usage Terms
Paul F. Diehl-Data PASS Deposit Agreement.pdf
Adobe PDF - 114 KB - 15 downloads
Legal agreement between the data depositor and the Murray Archive

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