Accepted Idea as a Cause for Political and Social Preferences of Students

The article deals with the dependence of the interval variables-estimates (the respondents’ attitudes to political parties, political leaders, satisfaction with the work of state bodies, attitudes to voting results) on the nominal parameter “The accepted idea”, which is represented by five meaningful nominal responses. The first is the idea of intrinsic value of the individual, the recognition of human rights and freedoms. The second is the idea of respect for traditions, the past, and countering various innovations and changes. The third is the idea of value of the nation as the highest form of social unity. The fourth is the idea of social justice and equality, when the interests of society are above all. The fifth is the idea of national and racial superiority, heroism, and power cult. The dependent (interval) parameters are as follows: interest in politics; attitude to the United Russia party; attitude to V.V. Putin; attitude to D. A. Medvedev; dissatisfaction with the results of voting in the elections to the RF State Duma; satisfaction with the results of voting in the Russian Federation presidential elections; age; attitude to M.D. Prokhorov; attitude to A.A. Navalny; subjective assessment of their financial situation. A new version of authorial method is applied to analyze cause and effect relation in parallel for any interval and nominal variables. And as a result, it became possible to speak about the dependence of an interval parameter on a multivalued nominal variable, and to select the relation necessary in strength, based only on numerical values.