Substance and Change in Congressional Ideology: NOMINATE and Its Alternatives

Poole and Rosenthal's NOMINATE scores have been a boon to the study of Congress, but they are not without limitations. We focus on two limitations that are especially important in historical applications. First, the dimensions uncovered by NOMINATE do not necessarily have a consistent "ide...

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Main Authors: Schickler, Eric (Author), Caughey, Devin (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press, 2016-12-21T21:05:48Z.
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