Package 'RCPA3'

Title: Data and Functions for R Companion to Political Analysis 3rd Ed
Description: Bundles the datasets and functions featured in Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards<https://edge.sagepub.com/pollock>, "An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition," Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Authors: Barry Edwards [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Barry Edwards <[email protected]>
License: CC0
Version: 1.3.1
Built: 2024-12-05 13:55:10 UTC
Source: CRAN

Help Index

Generates box plots to compare interval-level dependent variable's distribution across categories of independent variable.

Description

Generates box plots for visual comparison of interval-level dependent variable's distribution across categories of independent variable. Includes option for weighting observations, modifying colors, variable widths. Box plot can be used to compare values of interval-level dependent variable by categories of an independent variable (a factor).

Usage

boxplotC(dv, iv, w, data, main, xlab, ylab, box.col, varwidth = TRUE, ivlabs,
  printC = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

dv

Dependent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
iv

Independent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains dv, iv (and w) variables (optional).
main

(Optional) Supply custom main label for plot; default uses names of dv and iv.
xlab

(Optional) Supply custom x-axis label for plot; default uses name of iv.
ylab

(Optional) Supply y-axis label for plot; default uses name of dv.
box.col

(Optional) The name of color to use for box colors. Default is "gray80".
varwidth

(Optional) Do you want the widths of boxes to be proportional to number of observations in each group? Default is TRUE; set varwidth=FALSE for equal-width boxes.
ivlabs

(Optional) A vector of labels for the iv values that are box lablels.
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print box plot to .html file in working directory? (Default: FALSE)
...

Additional arguments passed to plotting functions, boxplot or bxp.

Value

No return, creates a plot.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 5.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 53-55. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
  # basic usage with variables as vectors
  boxplotC(dv=nes$ft.rep, iv=nes$partyid3)
  
  # with w and data arguments
  boxplotC(dv=ft.rep, iv=partyid3, w=wt, data=nes)

Confidence interval of a dataset variable's sample mean in table and figure

Description

Reports the confidence interval of a sample mean in table and plot. Default is 95% CI but use can raise or lower confidence level.

Usage

CImean(x, w, data, digits = 3, level = 95, pop.sd, printC = FALSE,
  plot = TRUE, main, xlab, xlim, ...)

Arguments

x

A numeric variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable (optional), must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable (optional).
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 3).
level

(Optional) A single number equal to the desired confidence level (i.e. 95, 99, 90, etc.). Default value is 95 percent confidence level.
pop.sd

(Optional) A single number equal to the known population standard deviation of x. This value is rarely know, but if it is, critical values for confidence interval are based on standard normal distribution.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the confidence interval? Default is TRUE.
main

(Optional) Change the main title of plot. Default title generated from level, x, and w.
xlab

(Optional) Label for x-axis of confidence interval plot.
xlim

(Optional) Modify x-axis limits of confidence interval plot.
...

(Optional) additional arguments passed to plot function.

Value

Returns the confidence interval as a vector of numeric values (the lower and upper bounds).

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 8.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 184-186. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  CImean(nes$age)
  
  ## Not run: 
  # using optional w, level, and data arguments
  CImean(x=nes$age, w=nes$wt, level=90)
  CImean(x=age, data=nes, level=95)
  
## End(Not run)

Confidence intervals of a dataset variable's sample proportions in table and figure

Description

Reports the confidence interval of sample proportions in table and plot. Default is 95% CI but use can raise or lower confidence level.

Usage

CIprop(x, w, data, digits = 3, level = 95, printC = FALSE, plot = TRUE,
  main, xlab, xlim, ...)

Arguments

x

A nominal or ordinal variable (factor), should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable.
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 3).
level

(Optional) A single number equal to the desired confidence level (i.e. 95, 99, 90, etc.). Default value is 95 percent confidence level.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the confidence interval? Default is TRUE.
main

(Optional) Change the main title of plot. Default title generated from level, x, and w.
xlab

(Optional) Label for x-axis of confidence interval plot.
xlim

(Optional) Modify x-axis limits of confidence interval plot.
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to plot function.

Value

Returns a data frame that gives the lower bound, point estimate, and upper bounds of each value of x variable.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 8.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 184-186. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)

  CIprop(nes$lifex.knowimmig)
  
  ## Not run: 
  # using optional w and data arguments
  CIprop(x=nes$lifex.knowimmig, w=nes$wt)
  CIprop(x=lifex.knowimmig, w=wt, data=nes)
  
## End(Not run)

Mean comparison analysis function, makes controlled comparisons, generates plots, performs ANOVA

Description

Mean comparison analysis, options for weighted observations and control variable. Also supports several plotting options for basic mean comparisons and controlled mean comparisons. Can conduct single and two-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test differences among multiple means.

Usage

compmeansC(dv, iv, w, z, data, digits = 2, compact = FALSE, ivlabs, zlabs,
  anova = FALSE, printC = FALSE, plot = TRUE, main, xlab, ylab, ylim,
  plot.ci = FALSE, z.palette, legend.title)

Arguments

dv

Dependent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
iv

Independent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable (optional), must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
z

(Optional) Control variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains dv, iv (and w) variables (optional).
digits

(Optional) The number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 2).
compact

(Optional) Do you want compact version of controlled mean comparison table with N and Std. Dev. values omitted? Default is FALSE. Compact display only available for controlled comparisons.
ivlabs

(Optional) A vector of names for the independent variable's values (to abbreviate the mean comparison table's row labels and iv labels on plots)
zlabs

(Optional) A vector of names for the control variable's values (to abbreviate a controlled mean comparison table's column labels and z variable's labels on plots)
anova

(Optional) Do you want to conduct analysis of variance (ANOVA)? Default is FALSE.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the means? Default is TRUE (makes a bar plot). Additional options:

  • "line" to make a line plot

  • "bar", TRUE, or T for bar plot (default plot)

  • "points" to show means as points without connecting lines,

  • FALSE or F to suppress plot.

main

(Optional) Main label for plot, if missing, default main title generated.
xlab

(Optional) x-axis label for plot, if missing, default label generated using iv name.
ylab

(Optional) y-axis label for plot, if missing, default label generated using dv name.
ylim

(Optional) Range of y-axis values on plot.
plot.ci

(Optional) Do you want vertical 95 percent confidence intervals added to line plot of means? Default is FALSE. Only works when plot="line" or plot="points"
z.palette

(Optional) For bar and line charts with control variables (z), the name of HCL color palette to use. Default is "LightGrays". See grDevices::hcl.pals for palette names and more information. Also see https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/2019/04/01/hcl-based-color-palettes-in-grdevices/ to view color palettes.
legend.title

(Optional) Customize title of legend on plot used for controlling comparisons.

Value

Returns a mean comparison table as a matrix of values.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapters 4, 5, 7, 10.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp.85-97, 150-156. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
  compmeansC(dv=nes$ft.rep, iv=nes$partyid7, plot=FALSE)

  ## Not run: 
  # basic usage with a plot
  compmeansC(dv=nes$ft.rep, iv=nes$partyid7, w=nes$wt, plot=TRUE)
  
  # basic usage: data argument used
  compmeansC(dv=infant.mortality, iv=region, data=world, plot=FALSE)
  
  # with weights and z variable
  compmeansC(dv=nes$ft.rep, iv=nes$partyid7, w=nes$wt, z=nes$gender, plot="line")
  compmeansC(dv=nes$ft.gay, iv=nes$gender, z=nes$partyid3, compact=TRUE, plot=TRUE)
  
## End(Not run)

Correlation analysis for two or more numeric variables, with options for scatterplots, weighted observations, and inferential statistics.

Description

Given two or more numeric variables, correlateC reports correlation coefficients, along with inferential statistics (if requested), works with sampling weights. If more than two x variables are supplied, the function calculates correlation coefficients using pairwise complete observations (as opposed to limiting analysis to observations complete on all variables). The wtd.cor function is imported from the weights package. See wtd.cor documentation for details.

Usage

correlateC(x, w, data, digits = 3, stats = FALSE, printC = FALSE,
  plot = FALSE, jitter = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

x

A list of variables for correlation analysis, variables must be numeric. Should be entered as list(dataset$var1, dataset$var2, dataset$var3 ... ) form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable (optional).
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 3).
stats

(Optional) Do you want the inferential statistics (standard errors, t-statistics, and p-values)? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE for inferential statistics.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
plot

(Optional) Do you want scatterplot(s)? Default is FALSE.
jitter

(Optional) Do you want scatterplot pointed jittered? By default, points jittered when there are more than 500 observations, but you can set this arguments to TRUE/FALSE to override the default.
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to weights::wtd.cor function.

Details

Makes use of the wtd.cor function, part of the weights package.

Value

Returns the coefficients of correlation among x variables; if stats=TRUE, inferential statistics returned in tables as well.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 11.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 240-244. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   correlateC(x=list(abortlaws, women.stateleg), data=states, plot=FALSE)
   
   ## Not run: 
   # with weighted observations and inferential statistics
   correlateC(x=list(nes$ft.rep, nes$ft.trump.pre, nes$ft.dem, nes$ft.biden.pre), 
              w=nes$wt, stats=TRUE)
   
## End(Not run)

Cross-tabulation analysis, option for weighting observations, makes controlled comparisons, generates plots, performs Chi-Square test, measures strength of association

Description

This is a workhorse function for analyzing the relationship between two variables measured at the nominal or ordinal-level (factors). Basic output is a cross-tabulation with column percentages and counts. Options include weighting observations, adding control variable for controlled cross-tabulation, several plotting options, conducting Chi-Square test of independence, and measuring strength of association.

Usage

crosstabC(dv, iv, w, z, data, digits = 2, compact = FALSE, dvlabs, ivlabs,
  zlabs, chisq = FALSE, lambda = FALSE, somers = FALSE,
  cramers = FALSE, printC = FALSE, plot = TRUE, plot.response, main,
  xlab, ylab, z.palette, legend.title)

Arguments

dv

Dependent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument. Should be a nominal or ordinal-level variable.
iv

Independent variable, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument. Should be a nominal or ordinal-level variable.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
z

(Optional) Control variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains dv, iv (and w) variables.
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 2).
compact

(Optional) Do you want compact display of cross-tabulation with row subtotals omitted? Default is FALSE.
dvlabs

(Optional) A vector of names for the dependent variable's values (to abbreviate the cross-tabulation's row labels and dv labels on plots)
ivlabs

(Optional) A vector of names for the independent variable's values (to abbreviate the cross-tabulation's column labels and iv labels on plots)
zlabs

(Optional) A vector of names for the control variable's values (to abbreviate the controlled cross-tabulation's column labels and z variable labels on plots)
chisq

(Optional) Do you want to conduct Chi-Square Test? If z argument specific, Chi-Square Test conducted on dv-iv relationship for each value of z.
lambda

(Optional) Do you want Lambda reported? If z argument specified, Lambda reported for dv-iv relationship for each value of z.
somers

(Optional) Do you want Somers' d reported? If z argument specific, Somers' D reported for dv-iv relationship for each value of z.
cramers

(Optional) Do you want Cramer's V reported? If z argument specific, Cramer's V reported for dv-iv relationship for each value of z.
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print cross-tabulation and plot (if plot is used) to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)
plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the cross-tabulation? Default is TRUE (and makes a bar plot). Other plot options:

  • "line" for a line plot,

  • "mosaic" for a mosaic plot,

  • "bar", TRUE, or T for a bar plot (default plot)

  • FALSE or F to suppress plot.

plot.response

(Optional) The dv value to be summarized on plot. To combine and plot multiple dv values, use transformC and create dummy variable to be plotted. Set plot.response="all" to plot all DV values (for uncontrolled comparisons only).
main

(Optional) Main label for plot
xlab

(Optional) x-axislabel for plot
ylab

(Optional) y-axis label for plot
z.palette

(Optional) For bar and line plots with control variables (z), the name of HCL color palette to use. Default is "LightGrays". See grDevices::hcl.pals for palette names and more information. Also see https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/2019/04/01/hcl-based-color-palettes-in-grdevices/ to view color palettes.
legend.title

(Optional) Title for legend shown if plot used with z argument.

Value

Returns a cross-tabulation

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapters 4, 5, 7, 10.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp.85-97, 150-156, 215-231. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  ## Not run: 
  crosstabC(dv=nes$death.penalty, iv=nes$partyid3)
  # with optional w, data, chisq, somers arguments
  crosstabC(dv=death.penalty, iv=partyid3, w=wt, data=nes, chisq=TRUE, somers=TRUE)
  
  # example with optional w, data, z, and plot="line" arguments
  crosstabC(dv=death.penalty, iv=partyid3, w=wt, data=nes, z=gender, plot="line")
  
## End(Not run)

Debate Experiment dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition

Description

A dataset with variables about students who participated in an experiment. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.

Usage

debate

Format

A data frame with 171 rows and 14 variables.

obs

Unique identification number for each subject

assignment

Name of condition subject was assigned to

tv

Did subject watch debate on TV? 1 = yes, 0 = no

debinfo

Number correct answers on five question quiz about the debate.

catholic

Is subject Catholic? 1 = yes, 0 = no

issues

Which candidate do you agree with on policy issues?

integrity

Which candidate has more integrity?

leadership

Which candidate is more effective leader?

empathy

Which candidate has more empathy?

sophdum

Is respondent a sophomore? 1 = yes, 0 = no.

won

Which candidate won the debate? 1 = Kennedy ... 4 = Tie ... 7 = Nixon

pid

Self-reported partisan identification on standard 1-7 scale

ideology

Self-reported political ideology on standard 1-7 scale

gender

Subject's gender, 0 = male, 1 = female.

Source

Jamie Druckman. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information.

Generates table of descriptive statistics for one or more variables in a dataset

Description

Prints a table of descriptive statistics for variable(s) specified with x argument. Works with variables measures at any level but output varies with level of measurement (e.g. you won't get standard deviation for a nominal variable). Option for weighting observations.

Usage

describeC(x, w, data, digits = 3, printC = FALSE)

Arguments

x

A variable or list of variables, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable.
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 3).
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print table of descriptive statistics to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)

Value

Table of descriptive statistics

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 2.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 39-55. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  # descriptive statistics for qualitative variables
  describeC(x=world$region)
  
  ## Not run: 
  # descriptive statistics for numeric variable
  describeC(x=world$infant.mortality)
  
  # describe multiple variables in list, with optional w argument
  describeC(x=list(angry.about.things, approve.cong), w=wt, data=nes)
  
## End(Not run)

Reports the frequency distribution of dataset variable with table and bar chart

Description

Generates frequency distribution table and bar chart to describe distribution of variable values. Based on freq function in descr package.

Usage

freqC(x, w, data, digits = 2, rowlabs, printC = FALSE, plot = TRUE, main,
  xlab, ylab, bar.col, ...)

Arguments

x

The variable to be analyzed. If dataset not specified with data argument, should be a vector in form dataset$var.
w

(Optional) Sample weights (must be numeric if used), If dataset not specified with data argument, should be in form dataset$weighvar
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable.
digits

(Optional) Number of digits to display after decimal point (default=2).
rowlabs

(Optional) Vector specifying custom text for labeling table rows and chart bars. The rowlabs vector must correspond to x variable's levels (if the variable has five levels, rowlabs must be length 5). Useful when default value labels are too long.
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print frequency distribution table and bar chart (if plot is used) to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)
plot

(Optional) Do you want a bar chart? (default set to TRUE)
main

(Optional) Main title of bar chart.
xlab

(Optional) The x-axis label of bar chart.
ylab

(Optional) The y-axis label of bar chart.
bar.col

(Optional) The name of color to use for bars. Default is "gray80".
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to descr::freq function.

Value

A frequency distribution table.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 2.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 39-55. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   # unordered factors
   freqC(x=region, data=world)
   
   # ordered factors
   freqC(x=threat.from.china, data=nes)

Imports common dataset file types into R environment

Description

If you don't complete file argument, you will be prompted to select file. Supports dataset file format like Stata, SPSS, Rdata, and csv files. It previews imported data and asks you to confirm before returning a data frame. You must assign the returned data frame to an object to work with it. If getC doesn't support a file type, it may suggest other functions and packages for importing that type of file.

Usage

getC(file, confirm = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file

(Optional) Path to file you want to get and load in your R session; if you do not specify file you will be prompted to select one.
confirm

(Optional) Do you want to confirm getting file before function results returned? (default: TRUE)
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to loading function

Value

Dataset specified in file argument as a data frame. You must assign this returned data frame to an object to work with it.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 15.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 321-327. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   # basic call will prompt user to choose file
   ## Not run:  
   getC()
   
## End(Not run)

Creates histogram to show distribution of interval (numeric) variable's values

Description

Generates frequency distribution table of binned values and a histogram to describe distribution of variable values.

Usage

histC(x, w, data, breaks, digits = 2, printC = FALSE, plot = TRUE, main,
  xlab, ylab, bar.col, ...)

Arguments

x

The variable to be analyzed. If dataset not specified with data argument, should be a vector in form dataset$var.
w

(Optional) Sample weights (must be numeric if used), If dataset not specified with data argument, should be in form dataset$weighvar
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x (and w) variable.
breaks

(Optional) Specify how to break the x variable into bins. Options include the number of breaks, a vector specifying the breakpoints, or the name of an algorithm that generates breakpoints. Default value is "Sturges" (other algorithms are "Scott" and "FD", see details in wtd.hist documentation).
digits

(Optional) Number of digits to display after decimal points (default is 2).
printC

(Optional) Do you want the histogram and binned frequencies table printed to working directory? (default: FALSE)
plot

(Optional) Do you want the histogram graphic? (default: TRUE)
main

(Optional) Customize main title for histogram.
xlab

(Optional) Custom label for x-axis of histogram.
ylab

(Optional) Custom label for y-axis of histogram.
bar.col

(Optional) Color for histogram bars; default is "gray80".
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to weights::wtd.hist function.

Value

A frequency distribution table of binned x variable values.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 2.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 39-55. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   histC(x=states$covid.cases.per1000)

Logistic regression analysis with options for weighted observations, odds ratio reports, model fit statistics, and plots of residuals

Description

Logistic regression analysis function with many useful features. Its standard output included a table of coefficients, table of deviance residuals, and summary of additional model information. Options include weighting observations, additional reports on odds ratios, ANOVA, multiple measures of model fit, proportional reduction in error, and diagnostic plots of residuals.

Usage

logregC(formula, w, data, digits = 3, orci = FALSE, fit.stats = FALSE,
  anova = FALSE, pre = FALSE, printC = FALSE, res.plots = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

formula

should be in dataset$dv ~ datatset$iv1 + dataset$iv2 unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains dv, iv (and w) variables.
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 2).
orci

(Optional) Do you want table reporting odds ratios for coefficients with confidence intervals? (default: FALSE)
fit.stats

(Optional) Do you want a table of assorted model fit statistics? (default: FALSE)
anova

(Optional) Do you want ANOVA table reported? (default: FALSE)
pre

(Optional) Do you want table reporting proportion reduction in error achieved by model? This is a Lambda-style measure of model fit. (default: FALSE)
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
res.plots

(Optional) Do you want a set of diagnostic plots of model residuals? (default: FALSE)
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to glm function (unweighted models) or svyglm function (weighted models).

Value

Returns a glm (unweighted models) or svyglm (weighted models) object.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 14.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), Chapter 9. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  ## Not run: 
  # basic usage with variable vectors
  logregC(states$battleground2020 ~ states$vep16.turnout)
  
  # with post-estimation analysis
  logregC(states$battleground2020 ~ states$vep16.turnout, orci=TRUE, fit.stats=TRUE, 
          anova=TRUE, pre=TRUE, res.plots=TRUE)
  
## End(Not run)

NES dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition

Description

The American National Election Survey polls individuals about their political beliefs and behavior. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.

Usage

nes

Format

A data frame with 8280 rows and 429 variables.

abortion.imp

PRE: Importance of abortion issue to R

abortion.legal

PRE: STD Abortion: self-placement

abortion.scotus

PRE: SUMMARY: Abortion rights Supreme Court

active.duty.mil

PRE: Armed forces active duty

address.yrs

PRE: Years R lived at address

age

PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent age

agree.facts

PRE: How important that people agree on basic facts

allow.refugees

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing refugees to come to US

american.id.import

POST: How important is being American to R's identity

angry.about.things

PRE: How angry R feels about how things are going in the country

approve.aca

POST: SUMMARY: Approve/disapprove Affordable Care Act

approve.cong

PRE: SUMMARY: Approval of Congress handling its job

approve.gov.covid

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove R's governor handling COVID-19

approve.local.covid

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove local government handling COVID-19

approve.pres.covid

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling COVID-19

approve.pres.econ

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling economy

approve.pres.hc

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling health care

approve.pres.imm

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or dissaprove President handling immigration

approve.pres.ir

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling foreign relations

approve.pres.job

PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling job

ban.assault.rif

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose banning 'assault-style' rifles

been.arrested

POST: Has R ever been arrested

bible.god.man

PRE: Is Bible word of God or men

biden.cares

PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: really cares

biden.honest

PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: honest

biden.knowledge

PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: knowledgeable

biden.libcon7

PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic Presidential candidate

biden.strlead

PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: strong leadership

birthright.citizens

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose ending birthright citizenship

blacks.gotless

POST: Agree/disagree: blacks have gotten less than they deserve

blacks.pastdiff

POST: Agree/disagree: past slavery & discrimination make it difficult for blacks

blacks.tryharder

POST: Agree/disagree: if blacks tried harder they'd be as well off as whites

blacks.workforit

POST: Agree/disagree: blacks should work their way up without special favors

border.wall

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose building a wall on border with Mexico

born.in.usa

PRE: Rs: born US, Puerto Rico, or some other country

buy.back.rifles

POST: Favor/oppose government buy back of 'assault-style' rifles

campaign.news.carlson

PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox)

campaign.news.colbert

PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

campaign.news.hannity

PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Hannity (Fox)

campaign.news.maddow

PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)

campaign.news.none

PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: none

campaign.news.papers

PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: newspapers

campaign.news.radio

PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: radio news

campaign.news.tv

PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: tv programs

campaign.news.web

PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: internet sites

campaign.spendlim

POST: Limits on campaign spending

campaigns.interest

PRE: How interested in following campaigns

cant.get.ahead

POST: Because of rich and powerful it's difficult for the rest to get ahead

care.who.wins

PRE: How much R cares who wins Presidential Election [revised]

case.id

2020 Case ID

censor.self

PRE: How often self censor

changed.names

PRE: R name ever changed

child.behave

POST: Which child trait more important: considerate or well-behaved

child.manners

POST: Which child trait more important: curiosity or good manners

child.obey

POST: Which child trait more important: obedience or self-reliance

child.respect

POST: Which child trait more important: independence or respect

citizenship.path

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose providing path to citizeship

civ12.argue

POST: Has R in past 12 months: gotten into a political argument

civ12.comment

POST: Has R in past 12 months: posted comment online about political issue

civ12.community

POST: Has R in past 12 months: worked w/others to deal w/issue facing community

civ12.cong

POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted member of US Senate or House of Rep

civ12.fedoff

POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in federal govt

civ12.fedpol

POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted federal elected official

civ12.giveorg

POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to other organization

civ12.giverelig

POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to religious organization

civ12.march

POST: Has R in past 12 months: joined a protest march, rally, or demonstration

civ12.meeting

POST: Has R in past 12 months: attend mtg about issue facing community/schools

civ12.petition

POST: Has R in past 12 months: sign internet or paper petition

civ12.stateoff

POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in state/local gov

civ12.statepol

POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted elected official on state/local level

civ12.vol

POST: Has R in past 12 months: done any volunteer work

climate.ch.weather

POST: How much is climate change affecting severe weather/temperatures in US

climate.import

POST: How important is issue of climate change to R

community.yrs

PRE: How long lived in this community YRS

consumer.politics

POST: How often bought or boycotted product/service for social/political reasons

contacted.gotv

POST: Anyone talk to R about registering or getting out to vote

covid.election

PRE: Options for election if COVID-19 continues

covid.fed

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal government response to COVID-19

covid.made.lab

POST: Was the coronavirus (COVID-19) was developed intentionally in a lab or not

covid.reopening

PRE: SUMMARY: Re-opening too quickly or too slowly

covid.restrictions

PRE: Limits placed on public activity due to COVID-19 too strict or not

covid.science.help

POST: How important should science be for decisions about COVID-19

death.penalty

PRE: SUMMARY: R favor/oppose death penalty

def.spend.7pt

PRE: 7pt scale defense spending: self-placement

deficit.reduce

POST: Importance of reducing deficit

dem.libcon7

PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic party

deport.children

PRE: SUMMARY: Should children brought illegally be sent back or allowed to stay

deport.unauth

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose returning unauthorize immigrants to native country

discrim.vs.asians

POST: Discrimination in the US against Asians

discrim.vs.blacks

POST: Discrimination in the US against blacks

discrim.vs.christians

POST: Discrimination in the US against Christians

discrim.vs.glb

POST: Discrimination in the US against Gays and Lesbians

discrim.vs.hispanics

POST: Discrimination in the US against Hispanics

discrim.vs.men

POST: Discrimination in the US against men

discrim.vs.muslims

POST: Discrimination in the US against Muslims

discrim.vs.trans

POST: Discrimination in the US against transgender people

discrim.vs.whites

POST: Discrimination in the US against whites

discrim.vs.women

POST: Discrimination in the US against women

diversity.good.usa

POST: SUMMARY: Increasing diversity made US better/worse place to live

divided.govt

PRE: Party Control or split government

donations.change.votes

POST: Congress change votes because of donation to campaign

econ.current

PRE: Current economy good or bad

econ.lastyear

PRE: SUMMARY: National economy better or worse in last year

econ.mobility.now

POST: SUMMARY: Economic mobility

econ.nextyear

PRE: SUMMARY: Economy better or worse in next 12 months

econ.worry

PRE: How worried about national economy

educ.5cat

PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent 5 Category level of education

education

PRE: Highest level of Education

elect.asians

POST: How important that more Asians get elected to political office

elect.blacks

POST: How important that more blacks get elected to political office

elect.hispanics

POST: How important that more Hispanics get elected to political office

elect.lgbt

POST: How important that more LGBT people get elected to political office

elect.women

POST: How important that more women get elected to political office

elections.govt.attn

PRE: Elections make government pay attention

envir.or.biz

PRE: 7pt scale environment-business tradeoff: self-placement

equal.opp

POST: Society should make sure everyone has equal opportunity

facebook.polpost

POST: How often post political content on Facebook

facebook.use

POST: How often use Facebook

faced.gender.discrim

POST: How much discrimination has R faced because of gender

faced.race.discrim

POST: How much discrimination has R faced personally because or race/ethnicity

fed.bw.better

POST: SUMMARY: Federal government treats blacks or whites better

fedspend.aidpoor

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: aid to the poor

fedspend.border

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Tightening border security

fedspend.crime

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: dealing with crime

fedspend.environ

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: protecting the environment

fedspend.highways

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: building and repairing highways

fedspend.schools

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: public schools

fedspend.socsec

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Social Security

fedspend.welfare

PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: welfare programs

feminist

POST: Does R consider themself a feminist or anti-feminist

feminist.import

POST: How important is being a feminist

finance.lastyear

PRE: R how much better or worse off financially than 1 year ago

finance.nextyear

PRE: R how much better or worse off financially next year

financial.worried

PRE: How worried is R about current financial situation

ft.asian.am

POST: Feeling thermometer: Asian-Americans

ft.asians

POST: Feeling thermometer: Asians

ft.biden.post

POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Presidential candidate: Joe Biden

ft.biden.pre

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential candidate

ft.bigbiz

POST: Feeling thermometer: big business

ft.blacks

POST: Feeling thermometer: blacks

ft.blm

POST: Feeling thermometer: Black Lives Matter

ft.capitalists

POST: Feeling thermometer: capitalists

ft.cdc

POST: Feeling thermometer: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

ft.christian.fund

POST: Feeling thermometer: Christian fundamentalists

ft.christians

POST: Feeling thermometer: Christians

ft.congress

POST: Feeling thermometer: congress

ft.conservatives

POST: Feeling thermometer: conservatives

ft.dem

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Party

ft.fauci

POST: Feeling thermometer: Dr. Anthony Fauci

ft.fbi

POST: Feeling thermometer: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

ft.feminists

POST: Feeling thermometer: feminists

ft.gays.lesbians

POST: Feeling thermometer: gay men and lesbians

ft.harris.post

POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate: Kamala Harris

ft.harris.pre

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Kamala Harris, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate

ft.hispanics

POST: Feeling thermometer: Hispanics

ft.ice

POST: Feeling thermometer: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency

ft.illegal.imm

POST: Feeling thermometer: illegal immigrants

ft.jews

POST: Feeling thermometer: Jews

ft.journalists

POST: Feeling thermometer: journalists

ft.liberals

POST: Feeling thermometer: liberals

ft.metoo

POST: Feeling thermometer: #MeToo movement

ft.muslims

POST: Feeling thermometer: Muslims

ft.nato

POST: Feeling thermometer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

ft.nra

POST: Feeling thermometer: National Rifle Association (NRA)

ft.obama

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Barack Obama

ft.pence.post

POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Vice Presidential candidate: Mike Pence

ft.pence.pre

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Mike Pence, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate

ft.police

POST: Feeling thermometer: police

ft.pp

POST: Feeling thermometer: Planned Parenthood

ft.rep

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Republican Party

ft.rural

POST: Feeling thermometer: rural Americans

ft.scientists

POST: Feeling thermometer: scientists

ft.scotus

POST: Feeling thermometer: U.S. Supreme Court

ft.socialists

POST: Feeling thermometer: socialists

ft.transgender

POST: Feeling thermometer: transgender people

ft.trump.post

POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Presidential candidate: Donald Trump

ft.trump.pre

PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Donald Trump, Republican Presidential candidate

ft.un

POST: Feeling thermometer: United Nations (UN)

ft.unions

POST: Feeling thermometer: labor unions

ft.whites

POST: Feeling thermometer: whites

ft.who

POST: Feeling thermometer: World Health Organization (WHO)

gay.adopt

PRE: Should gay and lesbian couples be allowed to adopt

gay.job.discrim

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose laws protect gays lesbians against job discrimination

gay.marriage

PRE: R position on gay marriage

gay.req.service

PRE: SUMMARY: Services to same sex couples

gender

PRE: What is your (R) sex? [revised]

gov.asst.blacks

PRE: 7pt scale gov assistance to blacks scale: self-placement

govt.act.ineq

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose government trying to reduce income inequality

govt.act.warm.str

PRE: Government action about rising temperatures (STRENGTH)

govt.act.warming

PRE: Government action about rising temperatures

govt.corrupt

PRE: How many in government are corrupt

govt.guar.job

PRE: 7pt scale guaranteed job-income scale: self-placement

govt.hc.7pt

PRE: 7pt scale gov-private medical insurance scale: self-placement

govt.help.hc

POST: SUMMARY: Increase/decrease government spending to help pay for health care

govt.run.byfew

PRE: Government run by a few big interests or for benefit of all

govt.services.7pt

PRE: 7pt scale spending & services: self-placement

govt.under.media

PRE: How concerned government might undermine media

govt.wastes.money

PRE: Does government waste much tax money

govtreg.moreless

POST: Would it be good for society to have more or less government regulation

grand.born.usa

PRE: How many grandparents born outside the US

grew.up.where

PRE: Where R grew up

gun.bg.checks

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose background checks for gun puchases

gun.buying

POST: Should federal government make it more difficult or easier to buy a gun

gun.issue.imp

POST: How important is issue of gun access to R

guns.owned

PRE: How many Guns owned

happy.about.things

PRE: How happy R feels about how things are going in the country

hardvote2020

POST: How difficult was it for R to vote

harrassed.work

POST: Has R experienced harrassment at work

harrassed.work.oft

POST: How often has R experienced harrassment at work

has.daughter

POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more daughters

has.nokids

POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - no sons and no daughters

has.son

POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more sons

have.health.ins

PRE: Does R have health insurance

hc.pay.bills

PRE: How likely R able to pay all health care costs in next 12 months

health

PRE: Health of R

health.lose.ins

PRE: R concerned about losing health insurance

health.pay.costs

PRE: R concerned about paying for health care

help.with.science

POST: How much do people need help from experts to understand science

hh.covid.symp

PRE: Anyone in household COVID-19 based on symptoms

hh.covid.test

PRE: Anyone in household tested pos for COVID-19

hh.family.mem

PRE: R living with how many family members

hh.income

PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Total (family) income

hh.income.pre

PRE: SUMMARY: Total (family) income

hh.landline

PRE: Is there a working HH landline phone

hh.num.child

PRE: How many children in HH age 0-17

hh.partner.status

PRE: Domestic partnership status

hh.union.mem

PRE: Anyone in HH belong to labor union

housing.payments

PRE: How likely R able to make all housing payments in next 12 months

hydrox.treat.covid

POST: Evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective treatment for COVID-19 or no

immig.crime

POST: SUMMARY: effect of illegal immiration on crime rate

immig.levels

POST: What should immigration levels be

immig.policy

PRE: US government policy toward unauthorized immigrants

immig.take.jobs

POST: How likely immigration will take away jobs

imp.govt.checks

PRE: How important branches of government keep one another from too much power

imp.media.crit

PRE: How important that news organizations free to criticize

imp.off.conseq

PRE: How important elected officials face serious consequences for misconduct

imports.limit

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose new limits on imports

income.gap.change

PRE: SUMMARY: How much larger is income gap today

income.gap.today

PRE: Income gap today more or less than 20 years ago

ineq.worryless

POST: We'd be better off if worried less about equality

intl.force

PRE: Force to solve international problems

invest.stocks

PRE: Money invested in Stock Market

laws.contrib.indiv

POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor individuals

laws.contrib.org

POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor organization

leader.compromise

PRE: Prefer government official who compromises or sticks to principles

libcon3

PRE: 3pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement

libcon7

PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement

life.sat

PRE: How satisfied is R with life

lifex.buyusa

POST: Life experience: does R choose products because they are made in America

lifex.flyflag

POST: Life experience: has R displayed American flag on house in past year

lifex.foodstamps

POST: Life experience: has R ever received food stamps or other public assistanc

lifex.huntfish

POST: Life experience: has R gone hunting or fishing in past year

lifex.knowimmig

POST: Life experience: does R know someone moved to U.S. from another country

lifex.oweloans

POST: Life experience: does R currently owe money on student loans

lifex.retireacct

POST: Life experience: does R a have pension or retirement account

lifex.ridebus

POST: Life experience: has R used public transportation in past year

lifex.sharkbite

POST: Life experience: has R ever been bitten by a shark

lqb.friendfam

POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are gay, lesbian or bisexual

marital

PRE: Marital status

medical.putoff

PRE: Put off checkup and vaccines

metoo.toofar

POST: SUMMARY: Attention to sexual harrassment as gone too far/not far enough

middle.class.ext

POST: Is R lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class? [EGSS]

min.wage.change

POST: Should the minimum wage be raised, kept the same, or lowered

morals.adjust

POST: The world is changing & we should adjust view of moral behavior

morechance.okay

POST: Not a big problem if some have more chance in life

moreless.govt

POST:SUMMARY: Less or more government

opioid.addiction

POST: SUMMARY Should federal govt do more/less about opioid drug addiction

oth.race.concern

POST: How often does R have concerned feelings for other racial/ethnic groups

oth.race.feel

POST: How often R imagines how they would feel before criticizing other groups

oth.race.persp

POST: How often does R try to understand perpective of other racial/ethnic group

oth.race.protect

POST: How often R feels protective of someone due to race or ethnicity

paid.parent.leave

PRE: SUMMARY: Require employers to offer paid leave to parents of new children

parents.born.usa

PRE: Native status of parents

party.register

PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Party of registration

partyid3

PRE: Party ID, 3 categories

partyid7

PRE: SUMMARY: Party ID

partyid.importance

PRE: Party identity importance

people.fed.lies

POST: Much of what people hear in schools and media are lies by those in power

people.too.sens

PRE: Need to be more sensitive talking or people too easily offended

person.get.ahead

POST: How much opportunity in America for average person to get ahead

pol.asian.infl

POST: How much influence do Asians have in US politics

pol.black.infl

POST: How much influence do blacks have in US politics

pol.dontcare

POST: [STD] Public officials don't care what people think

pol.for.insiders

POST: Our political system only works for insiders with money and power

pol.hispanic.infl

POST: How much influence do Hispanics have in US politics

pol.hurt.fam

POST: How much have political differences hurt relationships w/family

pol.nosay

POST: [STD] Have no say about what goverment does

pol.oligarchy

POST: Business and politics controlled by few powerful people

pol.toocomplex

POST: [REV] Politics/government too complicated to understand

pol.understand

POST: [REV] How well does R understand important political issues

pol.white.infl

POST: How much influence do whites have in US politics

polact.givecand

POST: R contribute money to individual candidate running for public office

polact.giveoth

POST: R contribute to any other group that supported or opposed candidates

polact.giveparty

POST: R contribute money to political party during this election year

polact.meetings

POST: R go to any political meetings, rallies, speeches, dinners

polact.onlinemeet

POST: R attend online political meetings, rallies, speeches, fundraisers

polact.othwork

POST: R do any (other) work for party or candidate

polact.postsign

POST: R wear campaign button or post sign or bumper sticker

polact.talkpol

POST: R ever discuss politics with family or friends

polact.talkvote

POST: R talk to anyone about voting for or against a party or candidate

police.bw.better

POST: SUMMARY: Police treat blacks or whites better

police.stop.lastyr

POST: During past 12 months, R or any family members stopped by police

police.useforce

POST: How often do police officers use more force than necessary

political.violence

PRE: SUMMARY: Political violence compared to 4 yrs ago

politics.attention

PRE: How often does R pay attention to politics and elections

polquiz.fedspend

PRE: On which program does Federal government spend the least

polquiz.german

POST: Office recall: German Chancellor - Angela Merkel [coded/scheme 1]

polquiz.housemaj

PRE: Party with most members in House before election

polquiz.russian

POST: Office recall: Russian President - Vladimir Putin [coded/scheme 1]

polquiz.scotus

POST: Office recall: SCOTUS Chief Justice - John Roberts [coded/scheme 1]

polquiz.sen.term

PRE: How many years in full term for US Senator

polquiz.senatemaj

PRE: Party with most members in Senate before election

polquiz.speaker

POST: Office recall: Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi [coded/scheme 1]

polquiz.vp

POST: Office recall: Vice-President - Mike Pence [coded]

postmat.1a

POST: Post materialism most important 1A

postmat.1b

POST: Post materialism next most important 1B

postmat.2a

POST: Post materialism most important 2A

postmat.2b

POST: Post materialism next most important 2B

pref.hiring.blacks

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose preferential hiring/promotion of blacks

pres.ask.foreign

PRE: Appropriate/inappropriate Pres ask foreign countries to investigate rivals

pres.nochecks

PRE: SUMMARY: Helpful/harmful if Pres didn't have to worry about congress/courts

presvote2020

PRE-POST: SUMMARY: 2020 Presidential vote

primary.voter

PRE: Did R vote in a Presidential primary or caucus

protestors.conduct

PRE: SUMMARY: Protestors actions been mostly violent or peaceful

race.ethnicity

PRE: SUMMARY: R self-identified race/ethnicity

reddit.polpost

POST: How often post political content on Reddit

reddit.use

POST: How often use Reddit

reg.greenhouse

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose increased regulation on greenhouse emissions

region

SAMPLE: Census region

relig.ever.attend

PRE: Ever attend church or religious services

relig.how.often

PRE: Attend religious services how often

religion

PRE: What is present religion of R

religion.group

PRE: SUMMARY: Major group religion summary

religion.imp

PRE: Is religion important part of R life [revised]

religious.id

PRE: Religious identification

rep.libcon7

PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican party

restrict.journalists

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose restricting journalist access

rural.getmore

POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get more/less from government

rural.influence

POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas have too much/too little influence

rural.respect

POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get too much/too little respect

rural.urban

POST: Does R currently live in a rural or urban area

rural.urban.id

POST: How important is urban or rural to R's identity

russia.int.election

PRE: Likelihood of Russian interference in upcoming election

russia.interfere

POST: Did Russia try to interfere in 2016 presidential election or not

separate.children

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose separating children of detained immigrants

sexual.orient

PRE: Sexual orientation of R [revised]

smoke.cig.life

POST: R smoked 100 cigarettes in life

smoke.cig.now

POST: R currently smoking

social.class

POST: How would R describe social class [EGSS]

speak.english

PRE: How important to speak English in US

split.ticket

PRE: Split-ticket voting

state

SAMPLE: Sample location FIPS state

stateabbr

SAMPLE: Sample location state postal abbreviation

survey.serious

PRE: How often took survey seriously

talkpol.week

POST: How many days in past week discussed politics with family or friends

tax.rich

POST: Favor or oppose tax on millionaires

terrorism.worry

POST: DHS: How worried about terrorist attack in near future

threat.from.china

POST: How much is China a threat to the United States

threat.from.germany

POST: How much is Germany a threat to the United States

threat.from.iran

POST: How much is Iran a threat to the United States

threat.from.japan

POST: How much is Japan a threat to the United States

threat.from.mexico

POST: How much is Mexico a threat to the United States

threat.from.russia

POST: How much is Russia a threat to the United States

trad.fam.values

POST: Fewer problems if there was more emphasis on traditional family values

trade.agreements

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose free trade agreements

trade.good.ir

POST: SUMMARY: Increasing trade good/bad for international relationships

trade.jobs.abroad

POST: SUMMARY: International trade increaded/decreased jobs abroad

trade.jobs.usa

POST: SUMMARY: International trade increased/decreased jobs in US

trans.friendfam

POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are transgender

trans.military

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose transender people serve in military

trans.policy

PRE: SUMMARY: Transgender policy

treat.people.fair

POST: If people were treated more fairly we would have fewer problems

trump.acquittal

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose Senate acquittal decision

trump.cares

PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: really cares

trump.corruption

PRE: SUMMARY: Corruption increased or decreased since Trump

trump.deport.more

POST: Did Trump administration deport more immigrants or did Obama

trump.honest

PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: honest

trump.impeachment

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose House impeachment decision

trump.knowledge

PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: knowledgeable

trump.libcon7

PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican Presidential candidate

trump.strlead

PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: strong leadership

trump.ukraine

PRE: Did Trump ask Ukraine to investigate rivals

trust.dc

PRE: How often trust government in Washington to do what is right [revised]

trust.election.off

PRE: Trust election officials

trust.experts

POST: SUMMARY: Trust ordinary people/experts for public policy

trust.media

PRE: How much trust in news media

trust.people

PRE: How often can people be trusted

turnout2020

PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Voter turnout in 2020

twitter.polpost

POST: How often post political content on Twitter

twitter.use

POST: How often use Twitter

unemploy.lastyear

PRE: SUMMARY: Unemployment better or worse in last year

unemploy.nextyear

PRE: More or less unemployment in next year

unemploy.rate.now

POST: What is the current unemployment rate

univ.basic.income

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose federal program giving citizens $12K/year

urban.unrest

PRE: Best way to deal with urban unrest

usa.better

POST: SUMMARY: US better or wose than most other countries

usa.on.track

PRE: Are things in the country on right track

usa.stay.home

PRE: SUMMARY: Country would be better off if we just stayed home

usa.stronger

PRE: During last year, US position in world weaker or stronger

vaccine.schools

POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring vaccines in schools

vaccines.autism

POST: Does most scientific evidence show vaccines cause autism or not

vaccines.risk

POST: SUMMARY: Health benefits of vaccinations outweigh risks

violence.justified

PRE: Justified to use violence

vote.pres.str

POST: Preference strong for Presidential candidate for whom R vote

vote.when.decide

POST: How long before election R made decision Presidential vote [coded]

votes.accurate

PRE: Votes counted accurately

votes.faircount

POST: How often are votes counted fairly

voting.duty.choice

PRE: SUMMARY: Voting as duty or choice

voting.felons

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing felons to vote

voting.id

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring ID when voting

voting.mail

PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose vote by mail

voting.rts.denied

PRE: How often people denied right to vote

waitvote2020

POST: How long was wait time at polling place

whenvote2020

POST: When R voted in 2020 election

whites.revdiscrim

POST: How likely whites unable to find jobs because employers hiring minorities

wom.complain.prob

POST: Do women complaining about discrimination cause more problems

wom.control.men

PRE: Women seek to gain power by getting control over men

wom.equal.spfav

POST: Do women demanding equality seek special favors

wom.interp.sexist

PRE: Women interpret innocent remarks as sexist

women.stay.honme

POST: SUMMARY: Better/worse if man works and woman takes care of home

work.employer

PRE: Describe R's employment

work.hoursweek

PRE: How many hours R worked per week

work.lastweek

PRE: R worked for pay last week

work.mom.bond

POST: SUMMARY: Easier/harder for working mother to bond with child

work.status

PRE: SUMMARY: R occupation status 1 digit

world.like.usa

POST: Better if rest of world more like America

world.temp.rising

POST: Have world temperatuers have risen on average or last 100 years or not

wt

Full sample pre-election weight

wt.post

Full sample post-election weight

Source

2020 American National Election Survey. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information

Prints table of results to a .html file in local working directory

Description

Prints table or summary of results to a .html file in local working directory. Converting Console format tables to .html tables helps users quickly create publication- and presentation-ready tables. The .html file's name is displayed as Console message. Current date added to Table.Output.html file name to keep output organized. You can print output directly from Companion functions using printC=TRUE argument (where available).

Usage

printC(objx, file)

Arguments

objx

A table or data frame. The table must be html-ready, not all Console output is organized in tables. If objx is not a html-ready table, printC will write it as preformatted text to the .html file in the working directory.
file

(Optional) The path/file name for .html output. If not specified, function will output to .html file in your working directory.

Value

No return to R. The formatted objx is outputted to a .html file in working directory.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook Reference

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 1.

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   example.table <- freqC(x=world$vdem.4cat, plot=FALSE)
   # running printC will generate a .html file in your working directory
## Not run: 
   printC(example.table, file=tempfile(fileext = ".html"))

## End(Not run)

Linear regression analysis (OLS regression), with options for weighted observations, diagnostic tests, and plots of residuals

Description

Linear regression analysis function with many useful features. Standard output of results includes table of coefficients, table of residuals, and additional model information. Options for weighting observations, analysis of variance (ANOVA), performing post-estimation diagnostic tests, including testing normality of residuals and constant variance, and generating diagnostic plots of residuals.

Usage

regC(formula, w, data, digits = 3, anova = FALSE, norm.test = FALSE,
  ncv.test = FALSE, linear.test = FALSE, reset.test = FALSE,
  outlier.test = FALSE, vif = FALSE, printC = FALSE, res.plots = FALSE,
  ...)

Arguments

formula

should be in dataset$dv ~ datatset$iv1 + dataset$iv2 unless dataset specified in optional data argument. If weights are specified using w argument, the formula cannot contain functions or logical statements (all variables in the function must be named in the dataset).
w

(Optional) Sampling weights of variable, must be numeric; should be in dataset$weightvar form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains dv, iv (and w) variables.
digits

(Optional) Number of decimal places reported in result (defaults to 2).
anova

(Optional) Do you want ANOVA table reporting F-test for all predictors? (default: FALSE)
norm.test

(Optional) Test assumption that regression residuals follow normal distribution (default: FALSE)
ncv.test

(Optional) Test assumption that regression residuals have constant variance (default: FALSE)
linear.test

(Optional) Report results of linearity test? (default: FALSE)
reset.test

(Optional) Report results of model specification test? (default: FALSE)
outlier.test

(Optional) Test whether outlier observations have outsized leverage on results (default: FALSE)
vif

(Optional) Report variance inflation factors to assess multicollinearity? (default: FALSE)
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print tables of results (and residuals plots if res.plots=TRUE) to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)
res.plots

(Optional)
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to lm function (unweighted models) or svyglm function (weighted models).

Value

Returns a lm or svyglm object.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapters 11, 12, 13.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 244-271. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  ## Not run:  
  # basic usage
  regC(states$vep20.turnout ~ states$hs.or.more)
   
  # with w and data arguments
  regC(nes$ft.unions ~ nes$ft.dem, w=nes$wt)
  
  # multiple IV with some post-estimation tests
  regC(peace.index ~ vdem.edi.score + hdi, data=world, norm.test=TRUE, ncv.test=TRUE)
  
## End(Not run)

Plots probability and cumulative density functions (PDFs and CDFs) of sample statistics

Description

Visualize expected sampling distributions for sample statistics. You can plot the probability and cumulative density functions for statistics based on either the normal distribution or a t-distribution. The sampdistC function also generates the confidence interval (default 95%) for a sample statistic which is useful for obtaining the CI of a summary statistic (when you're not estimating it from the dataset yourself).

Usage

sampdistC(stat, se, t.df, plot.cdf = FALSE, ci = 95, digits = 3,
  printC = FALSE)

Arguments

stat

A numeric statistic, the point estimate of a parameter based on a sample of observations, like a sample mean or a sample proportion.
se

The standard error of the statistic, must be a positive number.
t.df

(Optional) If critical values for sampling distribution should be based on t-distribution (generally true when statistic is a mean), set t.df to the number of degrees of freedom (typically n-1).
plot.cdf

(Optional) Do you want to plot the cumulative density function? Default = FALSE (for probability density function).
ci

(Optional) Specify desired confidence level for confidence interval as a percentage. Set ci=FALSE to suppress CI table (default: 95)
digits

(Optional) Number of digits after decimal to display in CI table (default: 3)
printC

(Optional) Do you want to sampling distribution plot to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)

Value

None (makes a plot)

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 8.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), Chapter 6. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)

  sampdistC(stat=10, se=1)
  
  ## Not run: 
  # based on normal distributions
  sampdistC(stat=10, se=1, plot.cdf=TRUE)
  
  # based on t-distribution with 15 degrees of freedom
  sampdistC(stat=8, se=2, t.df=15)
  sampdistC(stat=8, se=2, t.df=15, plot.cdf=TRUE)
  
## End(Not run)

Sorts dataset observations by user-defined criteria to return case-level information

Description

Returns case-level information in order specified by user. You can sort by additional criteria to break ties. Useful for learning about units of analysis and selecting cases for qualitative research designs.

Usage

sortC(id, by, data, thenby, descending = TRUE, limit, confirm = TRUE,
  printC = FALSE)

Arguments

id

A variable in the dataset (data) that identfies individual cases, typically the name of states, countries, etc.
by

Variable the cases should be sorted by.
data

(Optional) Dataset to be sorted.
thenby

(Optional) Criteria for sorting cases after sorting with the "by" variable. Useful if many cases tied on first criteria.
descending

(Optional) Should the cases be sorted in descending order? By default, set to TRUE. When sorting ordered factors, check that the levels higher numerically correspond to the sort order you have in mind.
limit

(Optional) The number of rows to report. If there are many observations to be sorted, you may want to limit output to 5, 10, etc. rows.
confirm

(Optional) If function is going to return long table of results (more than 20 rows), you'll be asked for confirmation (use confirm=F to bypass).
printC

(Optional) Do you want to print table of sorted observations to to .html file in working directory? (default: FALSE)

Value

A data frame of sorted observations.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapters 2, 6.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 122-123. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   # basic usage
   sortC(id=state, by=abortlaws, data=states)
   
## Not run: 
   # options to limit results and sort in ascending order
   sortC(id=country, by=gini.index, descending=FALSE, limit=10, data=world)
   
   # sort by and thenby 
   sortC(id=country, by=vdem.4cat, thenby=gini.index, descending=c(FALSE, FALSE), 
         data=world, confirm=FALSE)
   sortC(id=country, by=vdem.4cat, thenby=gini.index, descending=c(FALSE, TRUE), 
         data=world, confirm=FALSE)
 
## End(Not run)

States dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition

Description

A dataset with variables about the 50 states. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.

Usage

states

Format

A data frame with 50 rows and 149 variables.

abortion.rate

Number of abortions per 1000 women 15-44, 2008

abortlaws

Number of restrictions on abortion

abortlaws.3cat

Restrictiveness of state abortion laws, 3 ordinal categories

adv.or.more

Percentage of 25+ population with graduate or professional degree

alcohol

Alcohol consumption (gal/capita) 2007

attend.pct

Percentage freq attend relig serv (Pew)

ba.or.more

Percentage of 25+ population with bachelor's degree or more

battleground2020

Battleground in 2020 election?

biden2020

Two-party vote share for Biden in 2020 election

biden2020.ev

Electoral College votes for Biden in 2020 election

biz.tax.rank

State business tax climate ranking

biz.tax.score

State business tax climate rating

black.percent

Percentage of population black or African American

black.stateleg

Percent of state legislators who are African American

brady.rank

Brady Campaign ranking

brady.score

Brady Campaign score

broadband

Percentage of households with broadband Internet subscription

carfatal

Motor vehicle fatalities (per 100,000 pop)

carfatal07

Motor vehicle fatalities per 100,000 pop (2007)

cig.tax

Cigarette tax per pack

cig.tax.3cat

Cigarette tax per pack, 3 ordinal categories

cigarettes

Packs bimonthly per adult pop

citizen.ideology

Citizen ideology index

clinton2016

Vote share for Clinton in 2016 election

cong.dem

Percentage of state's 2020 congressional delegation that is Democratic

cook.index

Higher scores more Dem

cook.index3

3 quantiles of cook_index

corrections.incarc.rate

Population incarcerated per 100,000 state residents

corrections.total.rate

Population under correctional supervision per 100,000 state residents

covid.cases

COVID cases (as of June 2021)

covid.cases.per1000

COVID cases per 1,000 persons (as of June 2021)

covid.deaths

COVID deaths (as of June 2021)

covid.deaths.per1000

COVID deaths per 1,000 persons (as of June 2021)

covid.response.max

Maximum of COVID response stringency index

covid.response.mean

Mean of COVID response stringency index

covid.vaccinated

Percentage of population fully vaccinated against COVID (as of June 2021)

crime.rate.burglary

Burglary rate, per 100,000 population

crime.rate.murder

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate, per 100,000 population

crime.rate.property

Property crime rates, per 100,000 population

crime.rate.violent

Violent crime rate, per 100,000 population

deathpen.executions

Executions since 1976

deathpen.exonerations

Death penalty exonerations since 1973

deathpen.status

Does state retain death penalty?

defexpen

Federal defense expenditures per capita

dem.stateleg

Percent of state legislators who are Democrats

density

Population per square mile

division

Census division

drug.death.rate

Drug overdose death rate per 100,000 adults

earmarks.pcap

Earmarks per capita (in dollars)

foreign.born

Percentage of population born outside the United States

gay.policy

Billman's policy scale

gay.policy2

RECODE of gay_policy (Billman's policy scale)

gay.policy.con

Does state have 'most conservative' gay policies?

gay.support

Lax-Phillips opinion index

gay.support3

Gay rights: public support

giffords.grade

Letter grade of state's gun control laws, from Giffords Law Center

giffords.rank

Ranking of state's gun control laws, from Giffords Law Center

gini.2016

GINI index score

gini.rank.2016

Income equality ranking

govt.worker

Precentage workforce government workers (2012)

gun.bgchecks

Background checks per 100,000 pop (2012)

gun.dealers

Gun dealers per 100,000 pop

gun.deaths.100k

Gun deaths per 100k

gun.murders

Gun murder rate (2010)

gunlaws

Number of state gun control laws

gunlaws.3cat

Number of state gun control laws, 3 ordinal categories

gunsammo.rank

Ranking of best states for gun owners

hh.income

Median household income (dollars)

hispanic.percent

Percentage of poulation Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

hispanic.stateleg

Percent of state legislators who are Hispanic/Latino

hr.nominate.mean

Mean NOMINATE score of state's House delegation

hs.or.more

Percentage of 25+ population attained at least high school diploma or equivalent

hs.yrs.ss

Years of social studies required to graduate high school

infant.mortality

Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births

judge.selection

Method used to select appellate court judges

judges.elected

Does state elect appellate court judges?

land.area

Size of state in square miles

legalclimate

State legal climate rating 2015

legalclimate.rank

State legal climate ranking 2015

legis.conservatism

Rating of conservatism of state legislature

legis.prof.rank

State legislative professionalism rank for 2015

legis.prof.score

State legislative professionalism score for 2015

lgbtq.equality.3cat

Ordinal ranking of state policies for LQBTQ equality

lgbtq.equality.laws

Number of laws passed that advance LQBTQ equality

median.age

Median age (years)

medicaid.expansion

State action on Medicaid expansion pursuant to ACA

min.wage

State minimum wage

obesity.percent

Percentage of adults with a body mass index of 30.0 or higher

opioid.rx.rate

Retail opioid prescriptions dispensed per 100 persons

over64

Percentage of population 65 years and over

polarization.house

Polarization in State Legislatures, Lower chambers

polarization.senate

Polarization in State Legislatures, Upper chambers

policy.innovation.rate

Policy adoption rate score

pop2016

State population, 2016 (in 100k)

pop.18.24

Percentage of population 18 to 24 years old

population

State population in 2020

population.change

Percentage increase/decrease in population from 2010 to 2020

pot.policy

State marijuana laws in 2017

poverty.rate

Percentage of people in poverty

prcapinc

Per capita income

preg.teen.rate

Number of pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-19

preg.uninten.rate

Unintended pregnancy rate per 1,000 women 15-44

prochoice.percent

Percentage of adults who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases

public.conservative

Percentage adults self-identifying as conservative

public.liberal

Percentage adults self-identifying as liberal

public.moderate

Percentage adults self-identifying as moderate

region

Census region

relig.Cath

Percentage Catholic (2012)

relig.Prot

Percentage Protestant (2012)

relig.high

Percentage high religiosity (2012)

relig.import

Percent religion "A great deal of guidance"

relig.import.2016

Overall index of religiosity

relig.low

Percentage low religiosity (2012)

religiosity

Relig observance-belief scale (Pew)

religiosity3

Religiosity

rtw

Right to work state?

schools.avg.salary

Average salary of public school teachers

schools.spend

Expenditure per student in average daily attendance

schools.st.ratio

Students enrolled per teacher

secularism

Secularism scale (Pew)

secularism3

3 quantiles of secularism

smokers

Data_Value

south

Southern state?

speak.english.only

Percentage of population that only speaks English

state

State Name

state.govt.rank

Overall quality of state government administrative functions

stateid

Two-letter abbreviation of state name

suicide.rate

Number of deaths due to intentional self-harm per 100,000 population

tax.source

State's primary revenue source

term.limits

Does state have term limits for legislators?

trump2016

Vote share for Trump in 2016 election

trump2016.ev

Electoral College votes for Trump in 2016 election

trump2020

Two-party vote share for Trump in 2020 election

trump2020.ev

Electoral college votes for Trump in 2020 election

turnout.20vs16

Difference in voter turnout in 2020 compared to 2016

under18

Percentage of population under age 18

unemployment

State unemployment rate

uninsured

No health insurance coverage

unionized

Percent of workers who are union members

unionized.4cat

Ordinal-level measurement of state's percentage union membership

urban

Percent urban population

vep16.turnout

Percent turnout of voting eligible population in 2016

vep18.turnout

Percent turnout of voting eligible population in 2018

vep20.turnout

Percent turnout of voting eligible population in 2020

volunteer.hrs.pc

Volunteer hours per resident

volunteer.rate

Volunteer rate

voter.id.law

Voter identification law in effect in 2017

white.percent

Percentage of population white

women.stateleg

Percent of state legislators who are women

Source

Data sources vary. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information.

One and two-sample difference of means tests (t-tests) with confidence intervals.

Description

Conducts one and two-sample difference of means tests (t-tests). Options for weighting observations, known population standard deviation, equal or unequal variances, paired observations.

Usage

testmeansC(x1, x2, w, data, dv, iv, digits = 2, var.equal = FALSE,
  paired = FALSE, pop.sd = FALSE, var.test = FALSE, printC = FALSE,
  ci.table = TRUE, ci.level = 95, ci.plot = TRUE, main, xlab, xlim, ...)

Arguments

x1

The first variable to be compared (mean of x1 will be compared to mean of x2). Must be numeric variable. Should be in the form dataset$var, unless dataset specified with data argument.
x2

The variable (or number) to which x1 is compared. Should be in the form dataset$var, unless dataset specified with data argument. You can set x2 equal to a number to conduct a one sample means test. For example, to test whether x1 could have population mean of 50, you'd set x2 = 50.
w

(Optional) Weights variable (optional). Should be in the form dataset$var, unless dataset specified with data argument.
data

(Optional) The dataset that contains x1, x1 and x2, or dv and iv.
dv

The dependent variable. Must be numeric variable. Should be in the form dataset$var, unless dataset specified with data argument.
iv

The independent variable. Should have two distinct values (like treatment and control). Should be in the form dataset$var, unless dataset specified with data argument.
digits

(Optional) Number of digits to report after decimal place, optional (default: 3).
var.equal

(Optional) With two-sample tests, do you want to assume equal variances? (default: FALSE)
paired

(Optional) With two-sample tests, are the observations paired? (default: FALSE)
pop.sd

(Optional) If the population standard deviation is known, you can specify it.
var.test

(Optional) If set to TRUE, will test the assumption that two sample variance are equal using an F test. Default is FALSE. The var.test option implemented for both weighted and unweighted analysis. If you are not using sample weights, you can supplement this F test with additional tests such as stats::bartlett.test and car::leveneTest.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
ci.table

(Optional) Confidence level for calculating the confidence interval of the difference of means, defaults to 95. Set to F or FALSE to omit confidence interval from results.
ci.level

(Optional) Desired confidence level, as percentage (default: 95)
ci.plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the confidence interval of the difference of means? (default: TRUE)
main

(Optional) Main title for plot of confidence interval of difference
xlab

(Optional) Label for x-axis of plot of confidence interval of difference
xlim

(Optional) A vector (of length 2) specifying the range of the x-axis, useful to zoom in on CI.
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to plot function for the CI plot

Value

No return

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 9.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp.201-215. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   ## Not run:  
   # one sample test against hypothesized value
   testmeansC(x1=world$literacy, x2=80)
   
   # with x1 and x2 
   testmeansC(x1=ft.trump.post, x2=ft.pence.post, w=wt, data=nes)
   
   # with paired x1 and x2
   testmeansC(x1=nes$ft.pence.post, x2=nes$ft.pence.pre, w=nes$wt, paired=TRUE)

   # with dv and iv 
   testmeansC(dv=nes$ft.bigbiz, iv=nes$gender, w=nes$wt)
   
## End(Not run)

Tests the difference between two sample proportions, or difference between sample proportion and hypothesized value, with options for weighted observations, confidence intervals

Description

Difference of proportions test with optional sample weights. Reports P-value of two-tailed significance test. Currently limited to testing one response from one dataset. If you want to compare x1 from dataset1 and x2 from dataset2, you can create new dataframe to test as dv ~ iv where dv is vector of x1 and x2 values and iv is vector identifying the source (i.e. dataset1 and dataset2). If you want to compare different responses, such as "Yes" value for x1 and "Agree" value for x2, you will need to transform one of the variables so they have comparable response values.

Usage

testpropsC(x1, x2, w, data, dv, iv, digits = 3, response, printC = FALSE,
  ci.table = TRUE, ci.level = 95, ci.plot = TRUE, main, xlab, xlim, ...)

Arguments

x1

A categorical variable
x2

Value or variable to compare x1 against.
w

(Optional) Weights variable.
data

(Optional) Specify name of dataset (data frame) with x1 and x2 variables (or dv and iv).
dv

Dependent variable
iv

Independent variable, should have only two unique values. For comparison purposes, group1 will be first level of iv and group2 will be the second level of iv. To change order of groups, you can modify levels(iv).
digits

(Optional) Number of digits to report after decimal place, optional (default: 3).
response

(Optional) Identify the response value you wish to compare. If not specified, the function will compare first value of the dv (or x1 variable). If you want to group multiple responses together, use transformC to make dummy variable.
printC

(Optional) Do you want results printed to .html file in your working directory? Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to print results.
ci.table

(Optional) Do you want a table reporting confidence interval of the difference of proportions? (default: TRUE)
ci.level

(Optional) Desired confidence level, as percentage (default: 95)
ci.plot

(Optional) Do you want a plot of the confidence interval of the difference of proportions? (default: TRUE)
main

(Optional) Main title for plot of confidence interval of difference
xlab

(Optional) Label for x-axis of plot of confidence interval of difference
xlim

(Optional) A vector (of length 2) specifying the range of the x-axis, useful to zoom in on CI. By default, xlim=c(-1, 1).
...

(Optional) Additional arguments passed to plot function for the CI plot

Value

No return

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 9.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp.201-215. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
   
   ## Not run: 
   # one sample test: x1 variable against hypothesized value (of x2)
   testpropsC(x1=nes$gun.bg.checks, x2=.500, w=nes$wt, response="1. Favor a great deal", 
              xlim=c(0, .2))

   # two sample test x1 versus x2
   testpropsC(x1=approve.local.covid, x2=approve.pres.covid, w=wt, data=nes, 
              response="1. Approve strongly", xlim=c(0, .2))
   
   # test of proportions dv by iv
   testpropsC(dv=marital, iv=gender, w=wt, data=nes, response="3. Widowed", 
              xlim=c(-.10, 0))
   
## End(Not run)

Returns new variables by transforming existing dataset variables (e.g. dummy variables, standardized variables, rank orders)

Description

Given a variable x, the transformC function generates and returns a tranformed version of x. For example, transformC can take a variable x and return standardized x, or the log of x.

Usage

transformC(type, x, data, response, cutpoints, groups, confirm = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

type

The type of transformation to be made to x. Options include:

  • "center"

  • "cut" use cutpoints or groups arguments to control cuts

  • "dummy" use response argument to identify values of x which should be coded 1 (all other non-missing responses will be coded 0)

  • "dummy.set"

  • "ln"

  • "log10"

  • "percent.rank"

  • "rank"

  • "whole"

  • "z"

x

The variable to be transformed, a variable that already exists, should be in dataset$var form unless dataset specified in optional data argument.
data

(Optional) Name of dataset that contains x variable.
response

(Optional) For type="dummy", response is the value or vector of values to be coded 1.
cutpoints

(Optional) For type="cut", a vector of values to serve as lower bounds of ranked categories for transformed x variable.
groups

(Optional) For type="cut", the number of (approximately) same sized groups to create based on x values.
confirm

(Optional) By default, transformC will ask you to confirm you want transformed variable returned (to prevent data loss). Set confirm=FALSE to bypass this check.
...

(Optional) Additional arguments pass to cut2 (for type="cut").

Value

A transformed version of x variable, a vector with the same length as x, unless type="dummy.set" in which case transformC returns a data.frame.

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook References

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 3.

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2020), pp. 55-64. ISBN-13: 978-1506379616; ISBN-10: 150637961.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  # don't use confirm=FALSE until you've tested the function call
  transformC("percent.rank", nes$ft.dem, confirm=FALSE)
  transformC("rank", nes$ft.dem, confirm=FALSE)
  transformC("whole", runif(min=0,max=100,n=20), confirm=FALSE)

Welcomes new users to package with basic information, option to reset user's working environment

Description

Welcomes users to RCPA3 package for An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition and provides basic information about using Companion functions and datasets.

Usage

welcome(reset = FALSE)

Arguments

reset

(Optional) Do you want to remove objects from your workspace and restore default graphical parameters? Default is FALSE. Removing workspace objects and restoring default graphical parameters can help undo some unintended side-effects of past work.

Value

No value returned

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook Reference

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 1.

Online Resources

Examples

library(RCPA3)
  
  # Welcome message from RCPA3 package.
  ## Not run: 
  welcome()
  
## End(Not run)

An interactive game to practice using R functions.

Description

A fun, interactive game to practice using R functions. Players must execute functions to make widgets per strict specifications to win the game. The Widget Factory needs your help!

Usage

widgetFactory()

Value

No value returned

RCPA3 Package Tutorial Videos

Textbook Reference

  • Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards, An R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Forthcoming 2022), Chapter 1.

Online Resource

Examples

library(RCPA3)
 
# Play the Widget Factory game
## Not run: 
widgetFactory()

## End(Not run)

World dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition

Description

A dataset with variables about countries in the world. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.

Usage

world

Format

A data frame with 169 rows and 206 variables.

arda.code

Country numerical code

bribe.judge

Prevalence of bribing judges

bribe.police

Prevalence of bribing police

broadband

Broadband subscription per 100 people

business.starts

Number of new corporations registered annually

cabrv

Three-letter abbreviation of country name

carbon.footprint

National carbon footprint

ccode

Numeric country code based on the ISO-3166-1 standard

ciaedex

Percent of GDP spent on education

ciagdpag

Composition of GDP: Agricultural sector

ciagdpin

Composition of GDP: Industrial sector

ciagdpsv

Composition of GDP: Service sector

civil.war

Civil war intensity

co2.percap

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita

colony

Colony of what country?

compulsory.voting

Does country require citizens to vote?

confidence

Confidence in institutions scale

conflict.index

Level of violent conflict in country

conflict.internal

Number of internal conflict without foreign invention

conflict.internat

Number of internal conflict with foreign invention

corp.tax.rate

Corporate tax rate

corrupt.perception

Corruption perception index

country

Country/territory name

coup.attempts

Number of attempted coups d'etat since 1950

coups

Number of successful coups d'etat since 1950

covid.cases.permil

Total COVID cases per million

covid.deaths.per.million

Total COVID deaths per million

covid.response.max

Maximum of COVID response stringency index

covid.response.mean

Mean of COVID response stringency index

covid.vaccinated

Percentage of population fully vaccinated against COVID

death.penalty.status

Legal status of death penalty

debt.percent.gdp

Public debt as a percentage of GDP

dem.other

Percentage of other democracies in region

dem.other5

Percentage of other democracies in region

district.size3

Average number of members per district

dnpp.3

Effective number of parliamentary parties

dpi.cemo

Is chief executive a military officer?

dpi.system

National political system

durable

Number of years since the last regime transition

eco.footprint

Total ecological footprint

econ.compete

Global economic competitiveness

econ.freedom

Rating of overall economic freedom

econ.freedom.5cat

Rating of overall economic freedom, 5 ordinal categories

educ.f.avgyrs

Average Schooling Years, Female

educ.f.none

Percentage of Females with No Schooling

educ.m.avgyrs

Average Schooling Years, Male

educ.m.none

Percentage of Males with No Schooling

educ.quality

Average rating of quality of educational system

effectiveness

Government effectiveness scale

eiu.democ.4cat

Level of democracy, 4 ordinal categories

eiu.democ.bin

Is country a democracy?

eiu.democ.score

Rating of democracy

election.integrity

Integrity of country's electoral system

election.violence.post

Were there riots and protest after election?

election.violence.pre

Were there riots and protest before election?

energy.renew.percent

Percentage of country's energy that is non-fossil fuel

enpp3.democ

Effective number of parliamentary parties

enpp3.democ08

Effective number of parliamentary parties

enpp.3

Effective number of parliamentary parties

envir.treaty

Number of environmental treaties agreed to

eu

EU member state

fdi.inflow

Inflow of foreign direct investment (in millions of US dollars)

fertility

Number children born per woman

fh.democ.3cat

Rating of democracy, 3 ordinal categories

fh.democ.score

Freedom House rating of democracy

fh.internet.3cat

Level of Internet freedom in country, 3 ordinal categories

fh.internet.score

Measure of Internet freedom

frac.eth

Ethnic factionalization

frac.eth2

Ethnic factionalization

frac.eth3

Ethnic factionalization

frac.lang

Language factionalization

frac.relig

Religious factionalization

gas.production

Gas production (in millions of barrels of oil equivalent)

gdp.growth

Annual economic growth rate

gdp.percap

Gross domestic product per capita (in U.S. dollars)

gdp.percap.5cat

Gross domestic product per person, 5 ordinal categories

gender.equal3

Gender empowerment

gender.inequality

Index of gender inequality

gini.index

GINI index (of income inequality)

global.social

Social globalization

govt.help.cap

Capacity of state to provide for needy citizens

govt.integrity

Rating of government integrity

govt.per.gdp

Government spending (all types) as a percentage of GDP

govt.quality

The quality of government

gri

Index of government restrictions on religion

grp.name

Name of government preferred religion

grp.score

Index of government religious preference

happiness

Average happiness in country

hdi

Human development index

hiv.percent

Percentage of population aged 15-49 with HIV

homicide.rate

Intentional homicides per 100,000 persons

hospital.beds

Number of hospital beds per thousand people

human.flight

Human flight and brain drain from country

icc.treaty.ratified

Has country ratified treaty for International Criminal Court?

immigrants.percent

Percentage of population born in another county

imprisonment.rate

Number incarcerated per 100,000 persons

income.tax.rate

Income tax rate

indep.judiciary

Does country have an independent judiciary?

indy

Year of independence

infant.mortality

Number infants dying before age one per 1,000 live births

inflation

Annual inflation rate

internet.users

Percentage of population that uses the Internet

judicial.effectiveness

Rating of effectiveness of country's judiciary

judicial.indep.wef

Average rating of judicial independence

laws.protect.prop

Legal protections for private property rights

legal.origin

Legal origin of commercial code of country

legal.quality

Measure of quality of country's legal institutions

life.expectancy

Life expectancy at birth

lifeex.f

Life expectancy at birth among females

lifeex.m

Life expectancy at birth among males

literacy

Literacy rate

media.access.cand

Does country provide free or subsidized media access for political candidates?

media.access.parties

Does country provide free or subsidized media access for political parties?

median.age

Median age in years

migration.net

Net migration

muslim

Are Muslims predominate religious group?

ocean.health

Measure of health of oceans adjacent to country

oecd

OECD member state?

oil

Oil production, in barrels per day

oil.production

Oil production, in metric tons

organized.crime

Impact of organized crime on the economy

peace.5cat

Peacefulness of country, 5 ordinal categories

peace.index

Peacefulness of country

pmat12.3

Post-materialism

pol.terror.scale.ai

Political terror scale

pol.terror.scale.hrw

Political terror scale

polity.score

Rating of democracy

pop.0.14

Percentage of population age 0-14

pop.15.64

Percentage of population age 15-64

pop.65.older

Percent of population age 65 and older

pop.growth

Percentage population growth/decline annually

pop.urban

Percentage of the population living in urban areas

population

Size of national population

population.3cat

Size of national population, 3 ordinal categories

population.density

Number of people per square kilometer

poverty

Percentage of the population below the poverty line

pr.sys

Proportional representation system?

press.freedom.fh

Freedom of the country's press

press.freedom.rsf

Freedom of the country's press

protact3

Protest activity

refugees.from

Refugees from the country who live in other countries

refugees.impact

Impact of population displacement on country

refugees.in

Refugees from other countries in the country

regime.type3

Regime type

region

Region name

regionun

United Nations region

religion

Largest religion by proportion

reserved.seats

Does country reserve seats in national legislature for any group?

rights.assn

Freedom of assembly and association

rights.dommov

Freedom of domestic movement

rights.formov

Freedom of foreign movement

rights.injud

Independence of the judiciary

rights.law.index

Measure of violations of human right and rule of law

rights.relfree

Freedom of Religion

rights.speech

Freedom of speech

rights.treaties

Number of international human rights treaties ratified

rights.wecon

Women's economic rights

rights.wopol

Women's political rights

rights.worker

Worker's rights

schools.internet

Average rating of internet availability in schools

self.employed

Percentage of labor force that is self-employed

sexratio

Sex ratio at birth

shi

Social hostility toward religion

soldiers.percent

Percentage of labor force in the military

soldiers.total

Total number of people in the military

spendeduc

Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

spendhealth

Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

spendmil.wdi

Public expenditure on the military as a percentage of GDP

tariff.rate

Tariff rate on imports

taxes.percent.gdp

Taxes (all forms) as a percentage of GDP

terror.index.voh

Impact of terrorism on the county

trade.percent.gdp

International trade as percentage of GDP

typerel

Predominant religion

unemployment

Percentage of labor force that is unemployed

unexp.rd

Public expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP

unfempf

Ratio of female to male formal employment rates

unin.inc

Inequality-adjusted income index

unineduc

Inequality-adjusted education index

unions

Union density

unjourn

Number of verified cases of journalists imprisoned

unlit

Adult literacy rate

unmobcov

Percentage covered by a mobile phone network

unmort.f

Number of adult female deaths per 1,000 females

unmort.m

Number of adult male deaths per 1,000 males

unnewsp

Daily newspapers per thousand people

unnoncom

Death rates from non-communicable diseases

unpop30

Projected 2030 population in millions

unremitp

Per capita remittance inflows in US dollars

unremitt

Remittance inflows as a percentage of GDP

unsathlt

Percentage satisfied with their personal health

unsati

Overall life satisfaction

unsatif

Overall life satisfaction among females

unsatjob

Percentage satisfied with their job

unsatliv

Percentage satisfied with their standard of living

unseced

Percentage with at least secondary education

vdem.2cat

Is country a democracy or autocracy?

vdem.4cat

Ordinal ranking of democracy, 4 categories

vdem.edi.score

Electoral democracy index

vdem.ldi.score

Liberall democracy index

vi.rel3

Percent saying religion very important

violence.cost

Economic cost of violence on national economy

votevap10s

Turnout of voting age population in 2010s

womenleg

Percent women in lower house of legislature

womyear

Year women first enfranchised

womyear2

Year women first enfranchised

youngleg

Percentage of lower house of legislature aged 40 years or younger

Source

Sources vary. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information.