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Rice Index
Description
'rice' proposed by Rice (1925) is used to measure party cohesion in parliamentary votes by considering two voting blocks (usually government and opposition)
Usage
rice(x)
Arguments
x |
( |
Value
The index ranges from 0 to 1, where 1 is complete cohesion and 0 the formation of two equally sized subgroups within the party.
References
Rice, S. A. (1925). The Behavior of Legislative Groups: A Method of Measurement. Political Science Quarterly, 40(1), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.2307/2142407
Examples
voting <- as.factor(c(rep("Yes", 90), rep("No", 10)))
rice(voting)
[Package politicsR version 0.1.0 Index]