Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag diskutiert die Probleme einer länderübergreifend vergleichenden Messung politischen Wissens. Es wird das Dilemma aufgezeigt, dass es nicht gleichzeitig möglich ist, gleichzeitig einerseits Schwierigkeit und Trennschärfe von Wissensfragen und andererseits die Verteilung des Wissens in einer Population empirisch zu schätzen. Am Beispiel der Daten von Modul II der Comparative Study of Electoral Systems werden diese Probleme illustriert: Die in den CSES-Teilstudien verwendeten Messinstrumente sind so heterogen, dass es unmöglich ist das Ausmaß politischen Wissens über Ländergrenzen hinweg zu vergleichen. Darüber hinaus schwankt die interne Konsistenz der Messinstrumente erheblich zwischen den nationalen Teilstudien, so dass auch Zusammenhänge mit anderen Variablen nicht vergleichbar sind.
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Elff, M. (2019). Probleme der Messung politischen Wissens im internationalen Vergleich. In: Westle, B., Tausendpfund, M. (eds) Politisches Wissen. Politisches Wissen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23787-5_3
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