initial_prediction_pollyvote: initial pollyvote prediction

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

Description

internal function which initializes the prediction function of method pollyvote. This function aggregates the daat in two steps: In the first step all predictions from sources of the same source_types are aggregated daily. In the second step the aggregated source_types are aggregated, resulting in one prediction per day and party.

Usage

initial_prediction_pollyvote(pv, time_int = NULL, agg_fun = "mean",
  na_handle = "last", ...)

Arguments

pv	[pollyvote] the pollyvote object of which to get the prediction data from.
agg_fun	[character(1)] the name of the aggregation function to use, currently 'mean' and 'median' are supported
na_handle	[character(1)] specifies how NA values are handled in the data.
...	[list()] additional arguments, currently ignored.
time_int[date]	the time interval for which the prediction.

Value

data frame containing predictions for a parties in the days before the election

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