handle_region_method: Adds new column named 'electoral_result' in the input...

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

Description

Adds new column named 'electoral_result' in the input [data] parameter depending on the value of [region_method] parameter.

Usage

handle_region_method(data, region_method)

Arguments

data	[dataframe] The predictions dataframe
region_method	[character(1)] Values: [character(1)] wta: Winner takes it all method - 1 is assigned to the party which has most points in a region for a given day. [character(1)] vs: Voteshares method - percent for the parties remain unchanged.

Value

dataframe with 'electoral_result' column which a result of applying region aggregation method.

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