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 Measuring Democracy: How indices are affected by their institutional origins
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.. post:: 2018-03-30 15:45:03
   :category: research

.. previewimage:: cfa4d2.png

An article entitled “Method Factors in Democracy Indicators” just has
appeared in `Politics and Governance
<http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i1.1235>`__. It analyses the degree to
which democracy indicators are influenced by the orginisation that created
them. It shows that the origin of indicators in particular affects the
detection of change in regimes.

.. figure:: cfa4d2.png
   
   The relation between conceptual factors, method factors, and democracy
   indicators – country averages. Diamonds represent conceptual factors
   (i.e. latent variables), circles represent method factors, and
   rectangles represent indicators.

.. figure:: cfa4d2diffs.png
   
   The relation between conceptual factors, method factors, and democracy
   indicators – within country changes. Diamonds represent conceptual
   factors (i.e. latent variables), circles represent method factors, and
   rectangles represent indicators.