Summary Statistics
Variable NotNA Mean Median PropNA
exp_n_change 221 1.009 0 0
exp_prop_meaningf 221 0.026 0 0
sq_n_change 221 6.692 3 0
sq_prop_meaningf 221 0.125 0.1 0
agree_n_change 221 39.828 27 0
agree_prop_meaningf 221 0.809 0.857 0
n_meaninf_provs 221 47.529 35 0
prop_counts 221 -0.024 0 0
prop_exp_marpor 221 0.082 0 0
diff_change_meaningf 221 -0.098 -0.083 0
change_pr_expand_meaningf 221 0.027 0.002 0
change_pr_limit_meaningf 221 0.125 0.112 0
change_pr_agree_meaningf 221 0.792 0.839 0
cn_n_meaningf 212 50.179 37 0.041
cn_expand_ratio 212 0.721 0.759 0.041
cn_sq_ratio 212 0.259 0.224 0.041
com_n_meaningf 211 49.915 37 0.045
com_expand_ratio 211 0.734 0.762 0.045
com_sq_ratio 211 0.254 0.226 0.045
com_n_exp 210 37.862 28.5 0.05
com_exp_n_ratio_meaningf 210 0.743 0.765 0.05
com_sq_n 196 13.158 8 0.113
com_sq_n_ratio_meaningf 196 0.275 0.25 0.113
cn_exp_n 210 38.405 29 0.05
cn_exp_n_ratio_meaningf 210 0.739 0.773 0.05
cn_sq_n 197 13.036 9 0.109
cn_sq_n_ratio_meaningf 197 0.278 0.237 0.109

checking the data

The histograms summarize the frequency to which the change classification suggested that the the Council expanded OR limited the Commission’s ambitions to broaden the EU authority

plot distibution of the provision categorisation within the main raw file

Violin graph ==> not too good

Box plots are quite useful

Change as a continuous variable varying between -1 and 1.

The fewer difference there are between the probabilities of com_council_prob_2- com_council_prob_0 divided by the total number meaningful provisions. The closer the outcome th zero, the less precision and fewer differences there were between the two categories.

##  [1] "cod"                       "exp_n_change"             
##  [3] "exp_prop_meaningf"         "sq_n_change"              
##  [5] "sq_prop_meaningf"          "agree_n_change"           
##  [7] "agree_prop_meaningf"       "n_meaninf_provs"          
##  [9] "prop_counts"               "prop_exp_marpor"          
## [11] "diff_change_meaningf"      "change_pr_expand_meaningf"
## [13] "change_pr_limit_meaningf"  "change_pr_agree_meaningf" 
## [15] "cn_n_meaningf"             "cn_expand_ratio"          
## [17] "cn_sq_ratio"               "com_n_meaningf"           
## [19] "com_expand_ratio"          "com_sq_ratio"             
## [21] "com_n_exp"                 "com_exp_n_ratio_meaningf" 
## [23] "com_sq_n"                  "com_sq_n_ratio_meaningf"  
## [25] "cn_exp_n"                  "cn_exp_n_ratio_meaningf"  
## [27] "cn_sq_n"                   "cn_sq_n_ratio_meaningf"

Mean differences between institutional positions by year

Checking the differences between position of the COM and the CN on the continuous probability scale