RMF2010 Abstracts
Session: 15 - Tuesday 6th July AM (9.15 - 12.45)
Title: Researching British elections
Name: Harold Clarke
Affiliation: University of Dallas, Texas
Abstract Details
Survey data available for studying factors affecting voting behaviour has expanded rapidly. The British Election Study (BES) has pioneered the implementation of high quality national multiwave panel surveys that generate the data needed to study party choice dynamics. Two statistical models provide leverage for analyzing such data: the latent growth curve model (a structural equation model that enables researchers to study processes of individual-level change); and the mixed logit model that facilitates analysis of the determinants of electoral choice in multiparty systems, with the specification of random parameters to study unobserved heterogeneity in the effects of selected predictor variables.
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