Introduction to the Virtual Issue: Measurement in Political Science

William G. Jacoby

The Measurement of Cross-cutting Cleavages and Other Multidimensional Cleavage Structures

Joel Sawat Selway

Democratic Compromise: A Latent Variable Analysis of Ten Measures of Regime Type

Daniel Pemstein, Stephen A. Meserve, and James Melton

Comparing Incomparable Survey Responses: Evaluating and Selecting Anchoring Vignettes

Gary King and Jonathan Wand

Practical Issues in Implementing and Understanding Bayesian Ideal Point Estimation

Joseph Bafumi, Andrew Gelman, David K. Park, Noah Kaplan

Mokken Scale Analysis: Between the Guttman Scale and Parametric Item Response Theory

Wijbrandt H. van Schuur

Multidimensional Analysis of Roll Call Data via Bayesian Simulation: Identi_x000C_cation, Estimation, Inference, and Model Checking

Simon Jackman

Nonparametric Unfolding of Binary Choice Data

Keith T. Poole

Cutpoint-Adjusted Interest Group Ratings

Michael C. Herron

Estimating Legislators' Preferred Points

John Londregan

Measurement Models for Time Series Analysis: Estimating Dynamic Linear Errors-in-Variables Models

Gregory E. McAvoy

The E_x000B_ffects of Measurement Error on Two-Stage, Least- Squares Estimates

Donald Philip Green

Traits versus Issues: Factor verus Ideal-Point Analysis of Candidate Thermometer Ratings

Henry E. Brady