R/pbc.vote-data.R

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

#' pbc.vote
#'
#' @description Precinct level data for Palm Beach County, Florida from the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, see page 149
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{badballots} Total number of spoiled ballots
#' \item\code{technology} Voting Technology used, 0 for a datapunch machine or a butterfly ballot, 1 for votomatic
#' \item\code{new} Number of "new" voters, as in those who have not voted in the precinct for previous 6 years
#' \item\code{size} Total number of precinct voters
#' \item\code{Republican} The number of voters registered as Republican
#' \item\code{white} The number of white nonminority voters in a given precinct
#' }
#'  
#' @usage data(pbc.vote)
#' @format data frame with 516 observations of each precinct in Palm Beach County with 11 explanatory variables
#' @source Palm Beach Post collected data from state and federal sources about precinct level data in Palm Beach County for the 2000 US presidential election
#' @name pbc.vote
#' @docType data
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