Cómo medir la congruenciacomparando tres medidas en América Central

  1. Annabella España-Nájera 1
  2. María del Mar Martínez Rosón 2
  1. 1 California State University
  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revista:
REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

ISSN: 0210-5233

Año de publicación: 2020

Número: 169

Páginas: 63-84

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5477/CIS/REIS.169.63 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

Resumen

Recent literature on congruence has focused on the development of indicators that improve its measurement. In this methodological article, we contribute to this literature by comparing the strengths and limitations of three of these new measures —Golder and Stramski (2010), Lupu et al. (2017) and our own measures— and compare their results when applied to Central American cases to measure ideological and issue congruence.This set of cases are ideal for the comparison because the preferences of citizens and representatives do not follow a normal distribution. The comparison highlights the implications that methodological choice has on the study of congruence and representation and the need to develop stronger methodological discussions in this literature.

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