A Worked Example from Benati and Capurri (2026)

A simple worked example illustrating what the authors call an "alignment index." You can think of this as a kind of chance-corrected S score.

Usage

bencapex

Format

A data frame with 240 observations on the following 2 variables.

rowv: how the row voter voted on a resolution
colv: how the column voter voted on a resolution

Details

This is an expansion of Table 1 in their article. Valid vote values identified are 1 (yes), 2 (abstain), and 3 (no).

References

Benati, Stefano, and Agnese Capurri. 2026. "The Alignment index and its application to voting at the United Nations General Assembly." Quality & Quantity. doi:10.1007/s11135-026-02814-x