initial_error_calc_prediction_election: initial pollyvote error calculation

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

Description

internal function which intializes a function for error calculation of method 'prediction_election'. This means, that one election result of the pollyvote container is compared with the result of a prediction function of the same pollyvote container.

Usage

initial_error_calc_prediction_election(pv, prediction = "pollyvote",
  target_election_year = NULL, ci = FALSE, alpha = 0.05, no_days = Inf,
  moving_average = TRUE, days_average = 7, ...)

Arguments

pv	[pollyvote] the pollyvote object of which to get the prediction from.
prediction	[character(1)] the name of the prediction function
target_election_year	[integer(1)] the election year for which confidence intervals are calculated. If target_election_year is NULL, CI are calculated for the last known election.
ci	[logical(1)] whether confidence interval should be calculated
alpha	[numeric(1)] significance level
no_days	[character(1)]
days_average	length of moving average
...	[list()] additional arguments, currently ignored.

Value

data frame containing the results

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