xtp: Cross tabulation Analysis

In poliscidata: Datasets and Functions Featured in Pollock and Edwards, an R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Second Edition

Description

Generates cross-tabulation of dependent and indendent variables, also creates a mosiac plot. Makes use of the crosstab function in the descr package.

Usage

xtp(
  data,
  y,
  x,
  w = NULL,
  ylab = NULL,
  xlab = NULL,
  main = NULL,
  digits = 2,
  chisq = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	Dataset (like gss, nes, states, or world)
y	Dependent variable
x	Independent variable
w	Weights (optional)
ylab	Y-axis label (optional)
xlab	X-axis label (optional)
main	Main label for plot (optional)
digits	Number of digits to report after decimal place, optional (default = 2)
chisq	Do you want Chi-Squared test reported? (default is FALSE)

Value

A data frame of the cross tabulation results

Examples

   library(poliscidata)
   
   xtp(gss, grass, attend3, wtss)

Example output

   Cell Contents 
|-------------------------|
|                   Count | 
|          Column Percent | 
|-------------------------|

=============================================
             attend3
grass          Low   Moderate    High   Total
---------------------------------------------
LEGAL         326        149     100     575 
             62.3%      45.8%   26.7%        
---------------------------------------------
NOT LEGAL     197        176     275     648 
             37.7%      54.2%   73.3%        
---------------------------------------------
Total         523        325     375    1223 
             42.8%      26.6%   30.7%        
=============================================

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