Computers, coders, and voters: Comparing automated methods for estimating party positions
Assigning political actors positions in ideological space is a task of key importance to political scientists. In this paper we compare estimates obtained using the automated Wordscores and Wordfish techniques, along with estimates from voters and the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP), against exp...
Main Authors: | Frederik Hjorth, Robert Klemmensen, Sara Hobolt, Martin Ejnar Hansen, Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-04-01
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Series: | Research & Politics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168015580476 |
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