congruence: Congruence

In polrep: Calculate Political Representation Scores

Congruence

Description

Calculates congruence.

Usage

congruence(Z, R, from=NA, to=NA, steps=10000)

Arguments

Z	Population vector
R	Vector for the representatives
from	Beginning of conceptual space
to	End of conceptual space
steps	Number of steps at which to evaluate the CDF

Details

The representation score is calculated as the area between the cumulative distribution functions for the population and representatives: sum |cdf(Z) - cdf(R)|/n, where n is the distance between the minimum and maximum (to standardize). The beginning and end of the conceptual (policy) space can be specified if the vectors do not include the entire range of possible values. The number of steps at which the CDF are evaluated can be specified (default = 10000).

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

rcc

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