With recent advances in computing power and the widespread availability
of preference, perception and choice data, such as public opinion
surveys and legislative voting, the empirical estimation of spatial
models using scaling and ideal point estimation methods has never been
more accessible.The second edition of Analyzing Spatial Models of
Choice and Judgment demonstrates how to estimate and interpret spatial
models with a variety of methods using the open-source programming
language R.
Requiring only basic knowledge of R, the book enables social science
researchers to apply the methods to their own data. Also suitable for
experienced methodologists, it presents the latest methods for modeling
the distances between points.
The authors explain the basic theory behind empirical spatial models,
then illustrate the estimation technique behind implementing each
method, exploring the advantages and limitations while providing
visualizations to understand the results.
This second edition updates and expands the methods and software
discussed in the first edition, including new coverage of methods for
ordinal data and anchoring vignettes in surveys, as well as an entire
chapter dedicated to Bayesian methods. The second edition is made easier
to use by the inclusion of an R package, which provides all data and
functions used in the book.
David A. Armstrong II is Canada Research Chair in Political Methodology
and Associate Professor of Political Science at Western University. His
research interests include measurement, Democracy and state repressive
action.
Ryan Bakker is Reader in Comparative Politics at the University of
Essex. His research interests include applied Bayesian modeling,
measurement, Western European politics, and EU politics.
Royce Carroll is Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of
Essex. His research focuses on measurement of ideology and the
comparative politics of legislatures and political parties.
Christopher Hare is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the
University of California, Davis. His research focuses on ideology and
voting behavior in US politics, political polarization, and measurement.
Keith T. Poole is Philip H. Alston Jr. Distinguished Professor of
Political Science at the University of Georgia. His research interests
include methodology, US political-economic history, economic growth and
entrepreneurship.
Howard Rosenthal is Professor of Politics at NYU and Roger Williams
Straus Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Princeton. Rosenthal's
research focuses on political economy, American politics and
methodology.
