error_calc: calculate the prediction error of a pollyvote prediction.

In pollyvote/pollyvoter: Aggregate Components, Calculate Forecasts and Determine Errors for Election Results.

Description

calculate the prediction error of a pollyvote prediction.

Usage

error_calc(object, method, ...)

Arguments

object	[pollyvote(1)] pollyvote object to get the error calculation from.
method	[character(1)] method name of the error calculation function of object to use.
...	additional arguments to the error calculation function.

Value

a data frame containing the result of the error calculation

See Also

Other predict: error_calc.pollyvote, predict.pollyvote

Examples

pv = create_pollyvote(perm_countries = "D")
data("polls_individual")
pv = add_data(pv, newdata = polls_individual, country = "D", region = "national", 
              source_type = "poll", election = "BTW")
data("election_result")
pv = add_election_result(pv, "BTW 2013", election_result, date = "2013-09-22")
error_calc_pred <- error_calc(pv, "prediction_election", 
                              prediction = "pollyvote", election = "BTW 2013")             

pollyvote/pollyvoter documentation built on May 25, 2019, 11:23 a.m.