accm: Absolute citizen congruence

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Absolute citizen congruence

Description

Calculates absolute citizen congruence using the mean.

Usage

accm(Z,R)

Arguments

Z

Population vector

R

Vector for the representatives, or single point (e.g. government)

Details

The representation score is calculated as: (1/N) * sum|Zi - mean(R)|. This is a derivative of acc which uses the median rather than the mean here.

Value

Representation score

Author(s)

Didier Ruedin

References

Golder, M., and J. Stramski. 2010. Ideological Congruence and Electoral Institutions. American Journal of Political Science 54 (1): 90-106.

See Also

acc


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