R/africa.R

In BaM: Functions and Datasets for "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach"

#' africa
#'
#' African Coups Data, pp.562-564
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{MILTCOUP} Military Coups
#' \item\code{MILITARY} Military Oligarchy
#' \item\code{POLLIB} Political Liberalization: 0 for no observable civil rights for political expression, 1 for limited, and 2 for extensive
#' \item\code{PARTY93} number of legally registered political parties
#' \item\code{PCTVOTE} Percent Legislative Voting
#' \item\code{PCTTURN} Percent registered voting
#' \item\code{SIZE} in one thousand square kilometer units
#' \item\code{POP} Population in millions
#' \item\code{NUMREGIM} Regime
#' \item\code{NUMELEC} Election
#'} 
#'
#' @usage data(africa)
#' @format data frame with 33 observations of differenct African countries' military coups with 7 explanatory variables
#' @source Bratton, M. and Van De Walle, N. (1994).	Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa.	World Politics 46, 453-489.
#' @name africa
#' @docType data
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