R/child.R

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

#' child
#'
#' Child Support Collection Policies from 50 states from 1982-1991. See page 166
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{SCCOLL} Change in Child Support collections
#' \item\code{ACES} Chapters per Population
#' \item\code{INSTABIL} Policy Instability
#' \item\code{AAMBIG} Policy Ambiguity
#' \item\code{CSTAFF} Change in Agency Staffing
#' \item\code{ARD} State Divorce Rate
#' \item\code{ASLACK} Organizational Slack
#' \item\code{AEXPEND} State Level Expenditures
#'}
#'
#' @usage child
#' @format observations of 8 variables for 50 states
#' @source Meier, K.J. and Keisler, L.R. (1996). Public Administration as a Science of the Artificial: A Method for Prescription, Public Administration Review 56, 459-466.
#' @name child
#' @docType data
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