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Discriminant Functions, Role Orientations and Judicial Behavior: Theoretical and Methodological Linkages

IN A RECENT ARTICLE Sidney Ulmer presented an interesting theoretical use of discriminant functions, or fact pattern analysis.' Ulmer's research focused upon a concept which he termed "political activism" and its influence upon judicial behavior. Political activism is defined "as the ability of political or non-legal factors to explain variation in voting behavior. 2 His substantive application of fact pattern analysis concerned the behavior of five