genInitialStatusQuos: genInitialStatusQuos Generates a set of inital status quos...
In robiRagan/voteR: Spatial Voting Models in R

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Generates a set of initial staus quo policies, each with a initialStatusQuoID number, an initial location using genIdeals.

genInitialStatusQuos(
  numberOfDimensionsGenInitialStatusQuos = 2,
  numberOfInitialStatusQuosGenInitialStatusQuos = 3,
  distributionTypeGenInitialStatusQuos = "unif",
  distributionParametersGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-1, 1),
  dimOneBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-Inf, Inf),
  dimTwoBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-Inf, Inf)
)

`numberOfDimensionsGenInitialStatusQuos`	scalar Number of policy dimensions. Can be 1 or 2.
`numberOfInitialStatusQuosGenInitialStatusQuos`	Number of competitors to generate.
`distributionTypeGenInitialStatusQuos`	A string identifying the base R discribution to draw the ideal points from. Uses the base R random number generation family of commands rxxxx (see ?distributions). The user should specify the distribution as a string using the standard R abreviation for the distribution (see ?distributions for a list). Currently supported are: "norm", "unif", "beta", "cauchy", "chisq", "weibull"
`distributionParametersGenInitialStatusQuos`	A vector that contains the additional parameters needed by the particular rxxxx function for a distribtuion. (see ?rxxxx where xxxx is a function listed under ?distribution). Example for a Normal(0,1), use: c(0,1).
`dimOneBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos`	A vector that contains the starting and ending points of the first dimension. Example: c(0,1). Defaults to c(-Inf, Inf) if no boundary is provided.
`dimTwoBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos`	A vector that contains the starting and ending points of the second dimension. Example: c(0,1). Defaults to c(-Inf, Inf) if no boundary is provided.

outInitialIdealsDataFrame data.frame. The initial status quos data frame will have the following format.

statusQuoID: A numeric identifier unique to the voter. xCord: The x coordinate of the initial status quo. yCord: The y coordinate of the voter's ideal point.

  genInitialStatusQuos(numberOfDimensionsGenInitialStatusQuos=1, numberOfInitialStatusQuosGenInitialStatusQuos=10, distributionTypeGenInitialStatusQuos ="unif", distributionParametersGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-1,1), dimOneBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-Inf,Inf), dimTwoBoundsGenInitialStatusQuos = c(-Inf,Inf) )
 
  genInitialStatusQuos(numberOfDimensionsGenInitialStatusQuos=1, numberOfInitialStatusQuosGenInitialStatusQuos=100, distributionTypeGenInitialStatusQuos ="beta", distributionParametersGenInitialStatusQuos = c(.5,2) )
  
 genInitialStatusQuos(numberOfDimensionsGenInitialStatusQuos=2, numberOfInitialStatusQuosGenInitialStatusQuos=1000, distributionTypeGenInitialStatusQuos ="norm", distributionParametersGenInitialStatusQuos = c(0,1) )