R/militarydf-data.R

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

#' militarydf
#'
#' @description A dataset of two variables. The proportional changes in military personnel for the named countries. See page 483-484
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{Year} The year selected to evaluate
#' \item\code{Yugoslavia} The proportion change in the size of Yugoslavia's military 
#' \item\code{Albania} The proportion change in the size of Albania's military 
#' \item\code{Bulgaria} The proportion change in the size of Bulgaria's military 
#' \item\code{Czechoslovakia} The proportion change in the size of Czechoslovakia's military 
#' \item\code{German.Dem.Republic} The proportion change in the size of the German Democratic Republic's military
#' \item\code{Hungary} The proportion change in the size of Hungary's military 
#' \item\code{Poland} The proportion change in the size of Poland's military 
#' \item\code{Rumania} The proportion change in the size of Romania's military 
#' \item\code{USSR} The proportion change in the size of the Soviet Union's military 
#'} 
#'
#' @usage data(militarydf)
#' @name militarydf
#' @aliases military
#' @format a data frame with 35 observations of years from 1949 to 1983 with 10 explanatory variables
#' @source Faber, J. (1989). Annual Data on Nine Economic and Military Characteristics of 78 Nations (SIRE NATDAT), 1948-1983. Ann Arbor: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research and Amsterdam, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Europa Institute, Steinmetz Archive.
#' @docType data
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