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Behavior
Researchers from Emory University describe findings in behavior
January 24th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Legislative Studies Quarterly, "The empirical study of legislative behavior largely relies on roll-call vote analysis, but roll-call votes in many legislatures represent only a sample of legislative votes. We have good reasons to believe this sample is particularly poor for inferring party effects on legislative behavior." "The selection of votes for roll call may be endogenous to exactly the characteristics of voting behavior (for instance, party cohesion) that we want to study. We must understand the roll-call vote institution and account for its selection effects before we can draw inferences about...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-01-24)
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