Replication data for: Assessing the validity of the manifesto common space scores
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| Title: | Replication data for: Assessing the validity of the manifesto common space scores |
| Date: | 12 April 2017 |
| Creator: |
Flentje, Jan-Erik ; König, Thomas  ORCID: 0000-0002-1797-6662 ; Marbach, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0002-7101-2821
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| Divisions: | Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > SFB 884 Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > MZES School of Social Sciences > Politikwissenschaft, Europäische Politik (König 2007-) |
| DDC Classification: |
320 Political science |
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| Abstract: | RILE estimates based on party manifesto data suggest that political parties leapfrog on the left-right scale over time. This implausible finding has raised questions about the efficacy not only of RILE for estimating left-right positions but of coded party manifestos for political science research in general. The recently developed Manifesto Common Space Scores (MCSS), which reduce leapfrogging by accounting for the election-specific character of party manifestos, provide alternative estimates for parties’ left/right-positions, but little is known about their validity. This study shows that MCSS estimates exhibit greater convergent validity relative to RILE estimates when compared to other measures of parties’ left/right-positions. It also finds that MCSS has greater construct validity relative to RILE estimates in two prominent cases (Greece and Italy). Overall, the findings underscore the election-specific character of party manifestos and demonstrate that MCSS is a useful alternative measure of parties' left-right positions. |
| External Identifier for Data: | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T9P4WG |
| URL: | https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/796/ |
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| Access (Controlled): | Only Metadata |
| License (Controlled): | Creative Commons: CC0 | Universal 1.0 (recommended) |
| Related Publication(s) in MADOC: | Flentje, Jan-Erik und König, Thomas und Marbach, Moritz (2017), Assessing the validity of the Manifesto Common Space Scores |
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| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2026 12:25 |
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| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2026 12:25 |
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