Package Poliscidata': R Topics Documented

Package ‘poliscidata’
October 14, 2022

Type Package
Title Datasets and Functions Featured in Pollock and Edwards, an R
Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Second Edition
Version 2.3.0
Author Barry Edwards and Philip Pollock
Maintainer Barry Edwards <[email protected]>
Description Bundles the datasets and functions used in the textbook by Philip
Pollock and Barry Edwards, an R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis,
Second Edition.
License CC0
LazyData TRUE
RoxygenNote 7.1.0
Depends R (>= 2.10)
Imports methods, descr, Hmisc, weights, plyr, gplots, xtable, survey,
car, plotrix, abind
Suggests hexbin, rgl, scatterplot3d, R2HTML, gdata
NeedsCompilation no
Repository CRAN
Date/Publication 2020-07-06 09:30:03 UTC
R topics documented:
AdjR2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
available.imported.functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CI95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CI99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
colPercents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
compADPQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CramersV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
fit.svyglm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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2 AdjR2
freqC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
gss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
gssD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
imeansC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
inverse.logit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
iplotC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
lineType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
logregR2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
nesD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
orci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
pchisqC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
plotChar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
plotmeansC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
printC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
prop.testC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
quickConsolePrint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SetTextContrastColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
slowConsolePrint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
somersD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
sortC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
statesD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
svybyC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
svychisqC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
tablesomersDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
worldD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
wtd.boxplot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
wtd.median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
wtd.mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
wtd.sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
wtd.ttestC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
xtabC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
xtp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
xtp.chi2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Index 56
AdjR2 Calculates adjusted R-Squared statistic
Description
Calculates adjusted R-Squared statistic based on user-defined inputs. This function can be used
after estimating a model that does not report adjusted R-Squared statistic. For svyglm model fit
statistics, see fit.svyglm function documentation.
available.imported.functions 3
Usage
AdjR2(tdf, null.dev, resid.dev, k)
Arguments
tdf The total degrees of freedom
null.dev The null deviance or total sum of squares
resid.dev The residual deviance or error sum of squares
k The number of parameters used (to reduce deviance)
Value
Returns an adjusted R-Squared statistic, a numeric value between 0 and 1
Examples
AdjR2(200, 1500, 1100, 5)
AdjR2(tdf=200, null.dev=1500, resid.dev=1100, k=5)
available.imported.functions
Imported Functions Made Available to Users
Description
The compmeans function is imported from descr package. See compmeans documentation for de-
tails.
The crosstab function is imported from the descr package. See crosstab documentation for
details.
The csv.get function is imported from the Hmisc package. See csv.get documentation for details.
The cut2 function is imported from the Hmisc package. See cut2 documentation for details.
The ddply function is imported from the plyr package. See ddply documentation for details.
The describe function is imported from the Hmisc package. See describe documentation for
details.
The freq function is imported from the descr package. See freq documentation for details.
The plotmeans function is imported from the gplots package. See plotmeans documentation for
details.
The scatterplot function is imported from the car package. See scatterplot documentation for
details.
The spss.get function is imported from the Hmisc package. See spss.get documentation for
details.
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The stata.get function is imported from the Hmisc package. See stata.get documentation for
details.
The svyboxplot function is imported from the survey package. See svyhist documentation for
details.
The svyby function is imported from the survey package. See svyby documentation for details.
The svychisq function is imported from the survey package. See svychisq documentation for
details.
The svydesign function is imported from the survey package. See svydesign documentation for
details.
The svyglm function is imported from the survey package. See svyglm documentation for details.
The svymean function is imported from the survey package. See surveysummary documentation
for details.
The svyplot function is imported from the survey package. See svyplot documentation for details.
The svytable function is imported from the survey package. See svychisq documentation for
details.
The wtd.chi.sq function is imported from the weights package. See wtd.chi.sq documentation
for details.
The wtd.cor function is imported from the weights package. See wtd.cor documentation for
details.
The wtd.hist function is imported from the weights package. See wtd.hist documentation for
details.
The wtd.mean function is imported from the Hmisc package. See wtd.stats documentation for
details.
The wtd.quantile function is imported from the Hmisc package. See wtd.stats documentation for
details.
The wtd.t.test function is imported from the weights package. See wtd.t.test documentation
for details.
The wtd.var function is imported from the Hmisc package. See wtd.stats documentation for
details.
Usage
compmeans(...)
crosstab(...)
csv.get(...)
cut2(...)
ddply(...)
describe(...)
CI95 5
freq(...)
plotmeans(...)
scatterplot(...)
spss.get(...)
stata.get(...)
svyboxplot(...)
svyby(...)
svychisq(...)
svydesign(...)
svyglm(...)
svymean(...)
svyplot(...)
svytable(...)
wtd.chi.sq(...)
wtd.cor(...)
wtd.hist(...)
wtd.mean(...)
wtd.quantile(...)
wtd.t.test(...)
wtd.var(...)
Arguments
... See source package help file for details on function usage.
CI95 Calculates a 95 Percent Confidence Interval

6 CI99
Description
Prints the lower and upper boundaries of a 95 Percent confidence interval. Also see the CI95
function.
Usage
CI95(m, se)
Arguments
m A single number equal to the mean value of a statistic.
se single number equal to the standard error of the statistic.
Value
Returns the 95
Examples
CI95(10, 1)
CI95(m=8, se=2)
CI99 Calculates a 99 Percent Confidence Interval
Description
Prints the lower and upper boundaries of a 99 Percent confidence interval. Also see the CI95
function.
Usage
CI99(m, se)
Arguments
m A single number equal to the mean value of a statistic.
se single number equal to the standard error of the statistic.
Value
Returns the 99
Colors 7
Examples
CI99(10, 1)
CI99(m=8, se=2)
Colors Displays R Colors
Description
Produces plot of colors available in R. Colored cells labels with numeric value that corresponds to
that color. No values supplied to function.
Usage
Colors()
Value
No value returned
Examples
Colors()
colPercents Column Percentages
Description
Generates column percentaged tables for multi-dimensional controlled cross-tabulations, based on
function by John Fox. Used by xtabC function.
Usage
colPercents(tab, digits = 2)
Arguments
tab A table of values
digits Number of decimal places to display, default is 2.
Value
Table of column-percentaged values
8 CramersV
compADPQ Calculates a statistic for measure of association in cross-tabulation
Description
This function is called by tablesomersDC function.
Usage
compADPQ(x)
Arguments
x A matrix or data frame
Value
Returns a list of statistics
CramersV Calculates Cramer’s V
Description
Calculates Cramer’s V, a measure of association to gauge the strength of the relationship between
two nominal-level variables. A score of 0 indicates no relationship; a score of 1 indicates a perfect
relationship.
Usage
CramersV(chi, r, c, n)
Arguments
chi A number equal to the Chi-Squared statistic
r A number equal to the number of rows
c A number equal to the number of columns
n A number equal to the sample size
Value
The Cramer’s V statistic, a number between 0 and 1.
Examples
CramersV(84.18, 2, 2, 1315)
CramersV(chi=84.18, r=2, c=2, n=1315)

fit.svyglm 9
fit.svyglm Calculates model fit statistics for a svyglm weighted regression model
Description
Model fit statistics for a svyglm weighted regression model
Usage
fit.svyglm(svyglm, digits = 3)
Arguments
svyglm An object of type svyglm. This object is the output of the svyglm functon.
digits Number of digits to report after decimal place, optional (default = 3).
Value
Returns a numeric vector of R-Squared and Adjusted R-sSquared statistics.
Examples
library(poliscidata)
obamaThermModel <- svyglm(obama_therm ~ gender, design=nesD, na.action="na.omit")

summary(obamaThermModel)
fit.svyglm(obamaThermModel)
freqC Generates table and figure describing distribution of variable values.
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, plot = TRUE)
Arguments
x A vector of variable values, should be in form dataset$var
w Sample weights (optional), should be in form dataset$weighvar
plot Do you want a bar chart? (default set to TRUE)
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Value
A frequency distribution table (a "freqtable" and "matrix" class object)
Examples
freqC(gss$zodiac, gss$wtss)
freqC(x=gss$zodiac, w=gss$wtss)
gss GSS dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Sec-

ond Edition
Description
The General Social Survey polls individuals about their attitudes and beliefs. This dataset is used
to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and
descriptions.
Usage
gss
Format
A data frame with 1974 rows and 221 variables.
abany Abortion Permissible: Woman Wants For Any Reason

abdefect Abortion Permissible: Strong Chance of Serious Defect
abhlth Abortion Permissible: Woman’s Health Seriously Endangered
abnomore Abortion Permissible: Woman Married–Wants No More Children
abortion Under How Many Conditions Abortion Permissible?
abortion_3 Under How Many Conditions Abortion Permissible? 3 Categories
abpoor Abortion Permissible: Low Income–Can’t Afford More Children
abrape Abortion Permissible: Pregnant As Result of Rape
absingle Abortion Permissible: Not Married
affrmact Favor Preference in Hiring Blacks
affrmact2 Support Affirmative Action?
age Respondent’s Age
age.f Respondent’s Age (as ordered factor)
age2 Respondent’s Age: 2 Categories
gss 11
age_3 Age Group: 3 Categories

age_5 Age Group: 5 Categories
attend How Often Respondent Attends Religious Services
attend2 Attendance at Religious Services: Low or High
attend3 Attendance at Religious Services: 3 Categories
attend7 Attendance at Religious Services: 7 Categories
authoritarianism Authoritarianism Scale
bible Feelings About the Bible
black Is Respondent African American?
black_traits Black Stereotypes
born Was Respondent Born in This Country
cappun Favor or Oppose Death Penalty For Murder
childs Number of Children
closeblk How Close Do You Feel to Blacks?
closeblk2 How Close to Blacks? 2 Categories
closewht How Close Feel to Whites
closewht2 How Close Do You Feel to Whites? 2 Categories
cohort Year of Birth
colath College Teaching: Allow Anti-Religionist to Teach
colcom College Teaching: Should Communist Teacher Be Fired
colhomo College Teaching: Allow Homosexual to Teach
colmil College Teaching: Allow Militarist to Teach
colmslm College Teaching: Allow Anti-American Muslim Clergymen to Teach
colrac College Teaching: Allow Racist to Teach
con_govt Confidence in Government Institutions
conarmy Confidence in Military
conbus Confidence in Major Companies
conclerg Confidence in Organized Religion
coneduc Confidence in Education
confed Confidence in Exec Branch of Fed Government
confinan Confidence in Banks & Financial Institutions
conjudge Confidence in United States Supreme Court
conlabor Confidence in Organized Labor
conlegis Confidence in Congress
conmedic Confidence in Medicine
conpress Confidence in Press
consci Confidence in Scientific Community
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contv Confidence in Television

courts Courts Dealing With Criminals
dateintv Date of Interview
degree Respondent’s Highest Degree
dem Is Respondent a Democrat?
divlaw Divorce Laws
divlaw2 Should divorce laws make it more difficult?
educ Highest Year of School
educ_2 Education: 2 Categories
educ_4 Education: 4 Categories
egalit_scale Egalitarianism Scale
egalit_scale3 Egalitarianism: 3 Categories
egalit_scale4 Egalitarianism: 4 Categories
eqwlth Should Government Reduce Income Differences?
ethnic Country of Family Origin
evangelical Evangelical Scale
fechld Female Roles: Mother Working Doesn’t Hurt Children
feelevel Amount of Fees Paid (to Respondent for Interview)
feeused Fee Given to Get Case (for the Interview)
fefam Female Roles: Better For Man to Work, Woman Tend Home
femrole Female Role (Scale of Values)
femrole2 Female Role: 2 Categories
fepresch Female Roles: Preschool Kids Suffer If Mother Works
fucitzn Is Respondent Planning/Applying For US Citizenship?
fund How Fundamentalist Is Respondent Currently?
fund2 Is Respondent Fundamentalist?
getahead Opinion of How People Get Ahead
god_r Know God Exists?
grass Should Marijuana Be Made Legal?
grass.legal Should Marijuana Be Made Legal? (numeric)
gunlaw Favor or Oppose Gun Permits?
happy General Happiness
helpblk Should Government Aid Blacks?
helpnot Should Government Do More or Less?
helpoth To Help Others
helppoor Should Government Improve Standard of Living?
helpsick Should Government Help Pay For Medical Care?
gss 13
hhtype1 Household Type (Condensed)

hispanic Hispanic Specified
hispanic_2 Is Respondent Hispanic?
homosex Homosexual Sex Relations
homosex2 Homosexuality Always Wrong?
id Respondent Id Number
income06 Total Family Income
int_info_scale Interest in Current Issues? (Additive index)
intage Interviewer: Age of Interviewer
intecon Interested in Economic Issues?
inteduc Interested in Local School Issues?
intenvir Interested in Environmental Issues?
intethn Interviewer: Race of Interviewer
intethn_2 Interviewer: Interviewer’s Race
intfarm Interested in Farm Issues?
inthisp Interviewer: Is Interviewer Spanish, Hispanic or Latino
intintl Interested in International Issues?
intmed Interested in Medical Discoveries?
intmil Interested in Military Policy?
intrace1 Interviewer: Interviewer’s Race1
intsci Interested in New Scientific Discoveries?
intsex Interviewer: Sex of Interviewer
intspace Interested in Space Exploration?
inttech Interested in Technologies?
intyrs Interviewer: Years of Service as an Interviewer at NORC
kids Does Respondent Have Kids?
libath Allow Anti-Religious Book in Library?
libcom Allow Communists Book in Library?
libhomo Allow Homosexuals Book in Library?
libmil Allow Militarists Book in Library?
libmslm Allow Anti-American Muslim Clergymen’s Books in Library?
librac Allow Racists Book in Library?
lngthinv How Long Was Interview
marital Marital Status
militarist_tol Tolerance Toward Militarists
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mobile16 Geographic Mobility Since Age 16

mode Interview Done In-Person or Over the Phone
mslm_col Muslims: Teach in College?
mslm_lib Muslims: Book in Library?
mslm_spk Muslims: Preach?
mslm_spk.yes Muslims: Preach? (as numeric)
mslm_spk.high Muslims: Preach? (as numeric)
nataid Federal spending: Foreign Aid
natarms Federal spending: Military, Armaments, and Defense
natchld Federal spending: Assistance for Childcare
natcity Federal spending: Solving Problems of Big Cities
natcrime Federal spending: Halting Rising Crime Rate
natdrug Federal spending: Dealing with Drug Addiction
nateduc Federal spending: Improving Nations Education System
natenrgy Federal spending: Developing Alternative Energy Sources
natenvir Federal spending: Improving & Protecting Environment
natfare Federal spending: Welfare
natheal Federal spending: Improving & Protecting Nations Health
natmass Federal spending: Mass Transportation
natpark Federal spending: Parks and Recreation
natrace Federal spending: Improving the Conditions of Blacks
natroad Federal spending: Highways and Bridges
natsci Federal spending: Supporting Scientific Research
natsoc Federal spending: Social Security
natspac Federal spending: Space Exploration Program
news How Often Does Respondent Read Newspaper
obey To Obey
obey2 Obedience Important in Children?
owngun Have Gun in Home
partyid Political Party Affiliation
partyid_3 Party Id: 3 Categories
polviews Ideological Self-Placement
popular Important for Child: To Be Well Liked or Popular
pornlaw Feelings About Pornography Laws
pornlaw2 Pornography opinion
postlife Belief in Life After Death
pray How Often Does Respondent Pray
gss 15
premarsx Sex Before Marriage

pres08 Vote Obama or Mccain
racdif1 Differences Due to Discrimination
racdif2 Differences Due to Inborn Disability
racdif3 Differences Due to Lack of Education
racdif4 Differences Due to Lack of Will
race Race of Respondent
race_2 Race: Black / White
racial_liberal3 Racial Liberalism
reborn_r Born Again?
region Region of Interview
relig Respondent’s Religious Preference
relig2 Respondent’s Religious Preference, limited to Catholic and Protestant
reliten Strength of Affiliation
reliten2 Strong Religious Affiliation
rincom06 Respondent Income
rincom06_5 Respondent Income: 5 Categories
savesoul_r Tried to Convince Others of Jesus?
science_quiz Number Correct on Science Quiz
science_quiz.f Number Correct on Science Quiz, stored as factor
sex Respondent’s Sex
sibs Number of Brothers and Sisters
size Size of Place in 1000s
social_connect Social Connectedness
social_cons3 Social Conservatism
social_trust Social Trust (Numeric Scale)
south Respondent from South?
spanking Favor Spanking to Discipline Child?
spanking2 Approve of spanking
spend3 Econ Liberalism
spkath Allow Speaker in Your Community: Anti-Religionist
spkcom Allow Speaker in Your Community: Communist
spkhomo Allow Speaker in Your Community: Homosexual
spkmil Allow Speaker in Your Community: Militarist
spkmslm Allow Speaker in Your Community: Muslim Clergymen Preaching Hatred
spkrac Allow Speaker in Your Community: Allow Racist to Speak
teensex Sex Before Marriage – Teens 14-16
16 gssD
thnkself Important for Child: To Think For One’s Self

tolerance Tolerance Scale
tolerance4 Tolerance Scale (Binned)
tvhours Hours Per Day Watching TV
tvhours5 Hours per day
union Does Respondent or Spouse Belong to Union
uscitzn Is Respondent US Citizen
vetyears Years in Armed Forces
vote08_coded Did Respondent Vote in 2008 Election
voted08 Did Respondent Vote in 2008?
white_traits White Stereotypes
wordsum Number Words Correct in Vocabulary Test
workhard To Work Hard
wrkgvt Respondent Work for Government or Private Employee
wrkslf Respondent Self-Emp or Works For Somebody
wrkstat Labor Force Status
wrkwayup Irish, Italian, Jewish and other Should Overcome Prejudice Without Favors
wtss Weight Variable
wtssall Weight Variable (same as wtss)
xmarsex Sex With Person Other Than Spouse
year GSS Year For This Respondent
zodiac Respondent’s Astrological Sign
Source
2012 General Social Survey. See Appendix Table A.1 of printed textbook for further information
gssD GSS design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analy-

sis, Second Edition
Description
The General Social Survey polls individuals about their attitudes and beliefs. This design dataset
is used to demonstrate application of certain R functions to political analysis. See gss dataset
documentation for variable names and descriptions.
Usage
gssD
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Format
A design dataset version of the gss dataset used for certain weighted analyses. The variables element
has 1974 observations of 221 variables.
Source
2012 General Social Survey. See Appendix Table A.1 of printed textbook for further information
imeansC Controlled Mean Comparison Table
Description
Produces a controlled mean comparison table. Rows defined by values of independent variable and
columns defines by values of the control variable.
Usage
imeansC(function1 = NULL, function2 = NULL, data, digits = 2)
Arguments
function1 A function identifying the dependent variable in the form ~ depvar

function2 A function specifying the independent and control variables in the form ~ inde-
pvar + controlvar
data A design dataset (like gssD, nesD, statesD, or worldD)
Value
A controlled mean comparison table (an "ftable" class object)
Examples
imeansC(function1 = ~ft_dem, function2 = ~gender + married, data=nesD)
imeansC(~ft_dem, ~gender + married, nesD)

18 iplotC
inverse.logit Calculates predicted probability for a given logged odds value
Description
This function calculates predicted probability for a given logged odds value, often useful for plotting
or reporting predicted probabilities.
Usage
inverse.logit(logged_odds)
Arguments
logged_odds A numeric value, or vector of numeric values.
Value
Returns predicted probability corresponding the the logged odds value, a numeric value between 0
and 1.
Examples
inverse.logit(0)
inverse.logit(-5:5)
iplotC Interaction plot
Description
Interaction plot uses brkdn.plot in plotrix package and svyby function from survey package.
Warnings suppressed so the function creates plot without generating intermediate results used to
create plot.
Usage
iplotC(function1 = NULL, function2 = NULL, data, function3 = NULL, ...)
Arguments
function1 A function in the form ~depvar
function2 A function. Here indepvar is typed before controlvar: ~indepvar + controlvar
data Design dataset (e.g. nesD, gssD, statesD, or worldD)
function3 A function. Here indepvar is typed after controlvar: ~controlvar + indepvar
... Further arguments to be passed to brkdn.plot function (plotrix package)
lineType 19
Value
No value returned
Examples
iplotC(function1 = ~ ft_dem, function2 = ~ gender + married,

data = nesD, function3 = ft_dem ~ married + gender)
iplotC(~ft_dem, ~gender+married, nesD, ft_dem~married+gender,

xlab="Gender", ylab="Democratic Party Rating",
main="Democratic Party Rating by Gender and Marital Status")
lineType Displays line types for R plots
Description
Displays line types for R plots. No values supplied to function.
Usage
lineType()
Value
No value returned
Examples
lineType()
logregR2 Logistic regression model statistics
Description
Logistic regression model statistics
Usage
logregR2(model, digits = 3)
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Arguments
model An estimated logistic regression model
digits Number of digits to be displayed after decimal points
Value
Returns list of statistics about model (a "LogRegR2" class object)
Examples
obama_state_model <- glm(obama_win12 ~ secularism + gunlaw_rank, data=states, family=binomial)
summary(obama_state_model)
logregR2(obama_state_model)
obama_vote_model <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem, design=nesD, family="quasibinomial")

summary(obama_vote_model)
logregR2(obama_vote_model)
nes NES dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Sec-

ond 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
abort_scale Anti-abortion Scale

abort4 Abortion Opinion: Self-Placement, 4 Categories
abortpre_4point Abortion Opinion: Self-Placement, 4 Categories
aidblack_self Support for Government assistance to blacks scale, 7 point scale
auth_consid Child trait more important: considerate or well-behaved
auth_cur Child trait more important: curiosity or good manners
auth_ind Child trait more important: independence or respect
auth_obed Child trait more important: obedience or self-reliance
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authoritarianism Authoritarianism (4 point scale based on child trait questions)

black Is Respondent Black?
budget_deficit_x Favor reducing the Federal budget deficit, 7 point scale
caseid Case ID
casistart_iwrset4 Does Respondent have a dog (Interview set-up test)
casistartpo_iwrset4 Does Respondent have a dog (Interview set-up test)
cog_opin_x Number of opinions Respondent has compared to average person
congapp_job_x Approval of Congress
congapp_jobst Strength of approve/disapprove Congress handling its job
conservatism ftgr_cons minus ftgr_liberals
cses_closepty Close to any political party?
cses_contct Campaign mobilization: institutional contact
cses_email Campaign mobilization: institutional contact - email
cses_ftf Campaign mobilization: institutional contact - in person
cses_gotv Respondent contacted by party/candidate?
cses_govtact Support for government action income inequality (5 point scale)
cses_govtact_3 Government action on income inequality (3 point scale)
cses_mail Campaign mobilization: institutional contact - by mail
cses_mobph Campaign mobilization: sign up online information or alerts
cses_perseml Campaign mobilization: personal contact - email
cses_persftf Campaign mobilization: personal contact - in person
cses_persmail Campaign mobilization: personal contact - by mail
cses_persph Campaign mobilization: personal contact - by phone
cses_perstxt Campaign mobilization: personal contact - text message
cses_persuade Campaign mobilization: personal contact
cses_persweb Campaign mobilization: personal contact - social network
cses_phone Campaign mobilization: institutional contact - by phone
cses_poliinffour Political information - Secretary of the U.N.
cses_poliinfone Political information - Secretary of the Treasury
cses_poliinfthree Political information - party 2nd in House seats won
cses_polinf_x Pol info scale
cses_polinftwo Political information - unemployment rate
cses_polinftwo_date Political information - date used for date of unemployment rate
cses_polinftwo_rate Political information - number used for unemployment rate
cses_spending Econ conservatism (numeric scale)
deathpen Death Penalty Opinion
defsppr_self Support for defense spending, 7 point scale
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dem Party identification: Does Respondent self-identify as Democrat? (coded 0/1)

dem_age_group_r Demographic: Age Groups
dem_age3 Demographic: Age group
dem_age6 Demographic: Six Age Groups
dem_agegrp_iwdate Demographic: Respondent age on interview date (age group)
dem_educ3 Demographic: Education
dem_edugroup Demographic: Respondent level of highest education
dem_hisp Demographic: Is Respondent Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino
dem_marital Demographic: Marital status
dem_parents Demographic: Native status of parents
dem_racecps_black Demographic: Race self-identification: mention Black
dem_racecps_racedkrf Demographic: Race self-identification with don’t know or refused to say
dem_racecps_white Demographic: Race self-identification: mention White
dem_raceeth Demographic: Respondent race and ethnicity group
dem_raceeth2 Demographic: White/Black
dem_raceeth4 Demographic: Respondent race and ethnicity group
dem_unionhh Demographic: Anyone in household belong to labor union
dem_veteran Demographic: Respondent ever served on active duty in Armed Forces
dem2_numchild Demographic: Total Number of children in household
dem3_ownhome Demographic: Does Respondent family own/rent home
dem3_yearscomm Demographic: How many years has Respondent lived in this community?
dhs_appterr_x Homeland security: Approve/disapprove of efforts to reduce terrorism
dhs_attack Homeland security: Likely terrorist attack kill 100/more in next year?
dhs_threat_x Homeland security: Is fed. gov’t a threat to rights and freedoms? (numeric scale)
dhs_threat3 Homeland security: Is fed. gov’t a threat to rights and freedoms?
dhs_torture_x Homeland security: Favor/Oppose torture for suspected terrorists
dhsinvolv_board Civic engagement: Has Respondent in past 4 years: attended city/school board
meeting
dhsinvolv_call Civic engagement: Has Respondent in past 4 years: called radio/TV about political
issue
dhsinvolv_contact1 Civic engagement: Contact U.S. Representative or Senator
dhsinvolv_letter Civic engagement: written a letter to newspaper/magazine about political issue
dhsinvolv_march Civic engagement: Has Respondent joined a protest march
dhsinvolv_message Civic engagement: sent Facebook/Twitter message about political issue
dhsinvolv_netpetition Civic engagement: Has Respondent in past 4 years: sign internet petition
dhsinvolv_org Civic engagement: Has Respondent in past 4 years: gave money to social/political
organization
dhsinvolv_petition Civic engagement: Has Respondent signed paper petition
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dhsinvolv_relig Civic engagement: Has Respondent in past 4 years: given money to religious
organization
discrim_blacks Discrimination: Amount against Blacks
discrim_blacks_r Discrimination: Against Blacks? (yes/no)
discrim_gays Discrimination: Amount against Gays and Lesbians?
discrim_gays_r Discrimination: Against gays? (yes/no)
discrim_hispanics Discrimination: Amount against Hispanics
discrim_hispanics_r Discrimination: Against Hispanics? (yes/no)
discrim_scale Discrimination: How much discrimination against blacks, gays, Hispanics, women?
(Sum of yes answers)
discrim_self Discrimination: How much discrimination faced personally?
discrim_whites Discrimination: Amount against Whites
discrim_women Discrimination: Amount against Women
discrim_women_r Discrimination: Against women? (yes/no)
discuss_disc Ever discuss politics with family or friends
discuss_discpstwk Days in past week discussed politics
ecblame_fmpr Economy: How much is former President to blame for poor economy?
ecblame_pres Economy: How much is President to blame for poor economy?
econ_ecnext_x Economy: U.S. economy better or worse 1 year from now
econ_ecnextamt Economy: How much better/worse next 12 months
econ_ecnow Economy: Currently good or bad
econ_ecpast Economy: Better/worse in last year
econ_ecpast_x Economy: Better or worse than 1 year ago
econ_ecpastamt Economy: How much better/worse in last year
econ_unlast Economy: How much unemployment better/worse in last year
econ_unnext Economy: More/less unemployment in next year
econ_unpast Economy: Unemployment better/worse in last year
econ_unpast_x Economy: Unemployment better/worse than 1 year ago
econcand_dwin Economy: Better/worse if Democratic Presidential candidate wins
econcand_rwin Economy: Better/worse if Republican Presidential candidate wins
ecperil_home How do you pay for your home?
effic_carerev Political efficacy: Public officials don’t care what people think
effic_carestd Political efficacy: Public officials don’t care what people think
effic_complicrev Political efficacy: Politics/government too complicated to understand
effic_complicstd Political efficacy: Politics/government too complicated to understand
effic_external Political efficacy: External political efficacy (numeric scale)
effic_external3 Political efficacy: External political efficacy (3 categories)
effic_internal Political efficacy: Internal political efficacy (numeric scale)
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effic_internal3 Political efficacy: Internal political efficacy (3 categories)

effic_sayrev Political efficacy: Have no say about what government does
effic_saystd Political efficacy: Have no say about what government does
effic_undrev Political efficacy: Good understanding of political issues
effic_undstd Political efficacy: Good understanding of political issues
efficpo_bothside Political efficacy: How often see both disagreeing parties as right
egal_bigprob Equality: It’s a big problem that we don’t give equal chance to succeed
egal_equal Equality: Society should make sure everyone has equal opportunity
egal_fewerprobs Equality: If people were treated more fairly would be fewer problems
egal_notbigprob Equality: Not a big problem if some have more chance in life
egal_scale Equality: Egalitarianism (numeric scale)
egal_scale_3 Equality: Egalitarianism: 3 categories
egal_toofar Equality: We have gone too far pushing equal rights
egal_worryless Equality: We’d be better off if worried less about equality
envir Environment: Environment more important response (on envjob_3) as 0/100
envir_drill Environment: Favor/oppose increased U.S. offshore drilling
envir_gwarm Environment: Is global warming happening or not
envir_gwgood Environment: Rising temperatures good or bad
envir_gwhow Environment: Anthropogenic climate change
envir_nuke Environment: Should US have more/fewer nuclear power plants
enviro.yes Environment: Environment more important response (on envjob_3) as 0/100
envjob_3 Environment: Environment or jobs more important?
envjob_self Environment: 7 point scale environment-jobs tradeoff
fairjob_opin_x Opinion about government ensuring fair jobs for blacks
fedspend_child Federal budget increase/decrease: child care
fedspend_childr Federal budget increase/decrease: child care (rev. scale)
fedspend_crime Federal budget increase/decrease: crime control
fedspend_crimer Federal budget increase/decrease: crime control (rev. scale)
fedspend_enviro Federal budget increase/decrease: protecting environment
fedspend_enviror Federal budget increase/decrease: protecting environment (rev. scale)
fedspend_poor Federal budget increase/decrease: aid to the poor
fedspend_poorr Federal budget increase/decrease: aid to the poor (rev. scale)
fedspend_scale Federal Spending Scale (numeric scale, sum of increase responses)
fedspend_schools Federal budget increase/decrease: public schools
fedspend_schoolsr Federal budget increase/decrease: public schools (rev. scale)
fedspend_scitech Federal budget increase/decrease: science and technology
fedspend_scitechr Federal budget increase/decrease: science and technology (rev. scale)
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fedspend_ss Federal budget increase/decrease: Social Security

fedspend_ssr Federal budget increase/decrease: Social Security (rev. scale)
fedspend_welfare Federal budget increase/decrease: welfare programs
fedspend_welfarer Federal budget increase/decrease: welfare programs (rev. scale)
fem3 Feeling about feminists (recode of ftgr_feminists into 3 categories)
finance_finfam Financial situation: Respondent living with how many family members
finance_finnext_x Financial situation: Better or worse off 1 year from now
finance_finpast_x Financial situation: Better or worse off than 1 year ago
ft_dem Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Party
ft_dpc Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Presidential candidate
ft_dvpc Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate
ft_gwb Feeling Thermometer: G.W. Bush
ft_hclinton Feeling Thermometer: Hillary Clinton
ft_rep Feeling Thermometer: Republican Party
ft_rpc Feeling Thermometer: Republican Presidential candidate
ft_rvpc Feeling Thermometer: Republican Vice-Pres candidate
ftcasi_asian Feeling thermometer: Asian-Americans
ftcasi_black Feeling thermometer: Blacks
ftcasi_hisp Feeling thermometer: Hispanics
ftcasi_illegal Feeling thermometer: Illegal Immigrants
ftcasi_white Feeling thermometer: Whites
ftf_oversample Was Respondent a 2012 Time Series Oversample Case?
ftgr_atheists Feeling thermometer: Atheists
ftgr_bigbus Feeling thermometer: Big Business
ftgr_catholics Feeling thermometer: Catholics
ftgr_congress Feeling thermometer: Congress
ftgr_cons Feeling thermometer: Conservatives
ftgr_fedgov Feeling thermometer: Federal Government
ftgr_fem3 Feeling thermometer: Feminists (3 categories)
ftgr_feminists Feeling thermometer: Feminists
ftgr_gay Feeling thermometer: Gay Men and Lesbians
ftgr_liberals Feeling thermometer: Liberals
ftgr_middle Feeling thermometer: Middle Class People
ftgr_military Feeling thermometer: The Military
ftgr_mormons Feeling thermometer: Mormons
ftgr_muslims Feeling thermometer: Muslims
ftgr_poor Feeling thermometer: Poor People
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ftgr_rich Feeling thermometer: Rich People

ftgr_tea Feeling thermometer: Tea Party
ftgr_unions Feeling thermometer: Labor Unions
ftgr_ussc Feeling thermometer: The U.S. Supreme Court
ftgr_welfare Feeling thermometer: People on Welfare
ftgr_working Feeling thermometer: Working Class People
ftgr_xfund Feeling thermometer: Christian Fundamentalists
ftgr_xian Feeling thermometer: Christians
ftpo_dpcsp Feeling thermometer: Spouse of Democratic Presidential candidate
ftpo_dvpc Feeling thermometer: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate
ftpo_hdc Feeling thermometer: House Democratic Candidate
ftpo_hoth Feeling thermometer: House Independent/3rd-party Candidate
ftpo_hrc Feeling thermometer: House Republican Candidate
ftpo_pres Feeling thermometer: Democratic Presidential candidate
ftpo_roberts Feeling thermometer: John Roberts
ftpo_rpc Feeling thermometer: Republican Presidential candidate
ftpo_rpcsp Feeling thermometer: Spouse of Republican Presidential candidate
ftpo_rvpc Feeling thermometer: Republican Vice Presidential candidate
ftpo_sdc Feeling thermometer: Senate Democratic Candidate
ftpo_senjr Feeling thermometer: Jr. Senator in State Without Race
ftpo_sennot Feeling thermometer: Non-running Senator in State W/Race
ftpo_sensr Feeling thermometer: Sr. Senator in State Without Race
ftpo_soth Feeling thermometer: Senate Independent/3rd-party Candidate
ftpo_src Feeling thermometer: Senate Republican Candidate
gay_adopt Gay rights: gayrt_adopt==1. Yes
gay_disc Gay rights: gayrt_discstd_x==1. Approve strongly
gay_marry Gay rights: Approve same-sex marriage?
gay_mil Gay rights: gayrt_milstd_x==1. Feel strongly that homosexuals should be allowed to
serve
gay_rights3 Gay rights: Gay Rights Support (3 categories)
gayrt_adopt Gay rights: Should gay and lesbian couples be allowed to adopt?
gayrt_discrev_x Gay rights: favor laws against gays/lesbians job discrimination (rev.)
gayrt_discstd_x Gay rights: favor laws against gays/lesbians job discrimination
gayrt_marry Gay rights: Respondent position on gay marriage
gayrt_milrev_x Gay rights: allow gays/lesbians serve in US armed forces (reversed)
gayrt_milstd_x Gay rights: allow gays/lesbians serve in US armed forces
gender Respondent’s Gender
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govrole_scale Pro-government scale (numeric scale)

guarpr_self Should gov’t guarantee a job and standard of living? (7 point scale)
gun_control Gun control: Should federal gov’t make it more difficult to buy a gun?
gun_control2 Gun control: Make it more difficult to buy a gun?
gun_importance Gun control: Importance of gun access issue to R
gun_importance3 Gun control: How important is gun issue?
happ_lifesatisf How satisfied is Respondent with life?
health_2010hcr_x Health care: Support 2010 health care law
health_insured Health care: Does Respondent have health insurance
health_self Health care: Health of Respondent
health_smoke Health care: Smoked Cigarettes
health_smokeamt Health care: If smoked, how many now
hispanic Is Respondent Hispanic?
hlthlaw_num Health care: Health Care Law effect on number insured
hlthlaw_qual Health care: Health Care Law effect on health care services
hseinc_approval Congress: Approve or disapprove of House incumbent
hseinc_approval_x Congress: House incumbent approval
hseinc_appstr Congress: How much approve House incumbent
hseinc_disstr Congress: How much disapprove House incumbent
hseinc_hinctouch Congress: How good a job does House incumbent do in district
immig_checks Immigration: Opinion on immigration status checks on suspects
immig_citizen Immigration: Opinion on allowing citizenship to some illegal aliens
immig_policy Immigration: U.S. government policy toward unauthorized immigrants
immigpo_jobs Immigration: How likely immigration will take away jobs
immigpo_level Immigration: What should immigration levels be
imports_limit Favor or oppose limits on foreign imports
inc_incgroup_pre Respondent’s family income
incgroup_prepost Respondent’s family income
income5 Respondent’s income quintile
indifference Indifference scale
ineq_incgap_x Income gap size compared to 20 years ago
ineqinc_ineqgb Is increased income inequality in U.S. good?
ineqinc_ineqreduc Does Respondent favor/oppose government reducing income inequality?
inspre_self Health care: Should care be insured by government or by private medical insurance?
(7 point scale)
involv_contact Involvement in politics: Contact congress?
involv_message Involvement in politics: post political message?
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involv_numorgs_4 Involvement in politics: Number of group memberships

involv_org Involvement in politics: Give money to political organization?
involv_petition Involvement in politics: Sign net petition?
involv_voltr Involvement in politics: Has Respondent done any volunteer work in past 12 months?
israel_support Is U.S. too supportive of Israel or not supportive enough
knowl_housemaj Political knowledge: Know party with most members in House?
knowl_senmaj Political knowledge: Know party with most members in Senate?
libcon3 Respondent’s Political Ideology (3 categories)
libcpo_self Respondent’s Political Ideology (7 point scale)
libcpre_ptyd Ideological placement of Democrats (7 point scale)
libcpre_ptyr Ideological placement of Republicans (7 point scale)
libcpre_rpc Ideological placement of Republican Pres. Candidate (7 point scale)
libcpre_self Respondent’s Political Ideology (7 point scale)
libcpre_self_x Respondent’s Political Ideology (7 point scale)
link_black_scale Linked fate: blacks
link_hisp_scale Linked fate: Hispanics
link_oth_scale Linked fate: other people
link_white_scale Linked fate: whites
link_wom_scale Linked fate: women
married Demographic: Is Respondent married?
mobilpo_x Campaign mobilization: Respondent contacted by Party, Candidates, GOTV (numeric
scale)
mode Mode of interview (face-to-face or internet)
modsex_disc Sex discrimination: How much job discrimination against women
modsex_discamt Sex discrimination: Discrimination against women
modsex_media_x Sex discrimination: How much attention media should pay to discrimination
against women
modsex_oppor_x Sex discrimination: Opportunities compared for women and men
modsex_prob Sex discrimination: Do women complaining about discrimination cause more prob-
lems
modsex_scale Sex discrimination: Modern sexism
modsex_special Sex discrimination: Do women demanding equality seek special favors
modsex_wommore Sex discrimination: How much more opportunities do women have
mormon_xn Mormon a Christian religion?
nesw Sampling weights: Weight variable
nesw_rnd Sampling weights: Weight variable (rounded)
obama_therm Obama Rating
obama_vote Respondent vote for Obama?
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orientn_knowgay Sexual orientation of family and friends

orientn_rgay Respondent’s sexual orientation
own_dog Does Respondent own a dog?
owngun_owngun Does Respondent own a gun
patriot_amident Patriotism: Important being American
patriot_flag Patriotism: Emotion seeing flag fly
patriot_love Patriotism: Love of country
patriotism Patriotism scale
penalty_dpenstr Strength Respondent favors/opposes death penalty
penalty_favdpen Respondent favor/oppose death penalty
penalty_favopp_x Favor death penalty?
pid_3 Party Identification, 3 categories
pid_x Party Identification, 7 categories
polknow_combined Political knowledge: Number political facts correct
polknow3 Political knowledge, 3 categories
postvote_presvt Did Respondent vote for President
postvote_presvtwho For whom did Respondent vote for President
postvote_rvote Did Respondent vote in the November general election
postvote_votehs Did Respondent vote for U.S. House of Representatives
pot_legal Should marijuana be legal?
pot_legal3 Legalize marijuana?
preknow_leastsp Political knowledge: Program that federal gov’t spends the least on
preknow_medicare Political knowledge: What is Medicare
preknow_prestimes Political knowledge: Number of times president can be elected
preknow_senterm Political knowledge: Years Senator Elected
preknow_sizedef Political knowledge: Size of federal deficit
preknow3 Political knowledge, 3 categories
pres_econ Presidential approval: Handling of economy (Recode of presapp_econ)
pres_vote12 Respondent’s vote in 2012 presidential election
presapp_econ_x Presidential approval: Handling of economy
presapp_foreign Presidential approval: Handling of foreign relations
presapp_foreign_x Presidential approval: Handling of foreign relations
presapp_health_x Presidential approval: Handling of health care
presapp_job_x Presidential approval: Handling of job
presapp_scale Presidential approval scale
presapp_war_x Presidential approval: Handling of war in Afghanistan
presvote2012_2 Respondent’s vote in 2012 presidential election
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presvote2012_x Respondent’s vote in 2012 presidential election

preswin_care Care who wins Presidential Election
preswin_dutychoice_x Does Respondent consider voting as duty/choice
prevote_primv Did Respondent vote in the Presidential primary or caucus
prevote_primvwho Which candidate did Respondent vote for in Pres. primary or caucus
prochoice_scale Abortion: Pro-choice Scale
relig_4cat Religion: Catholic, other Christian, other, or not religious?
relig_attend Religion: Attend services
relig_attend3 Religion: Attend services
relig_bornagn Religion: Does Christian Respondent consider self born-again?
relig_guide Religion: Provides guidance in day-to-day living
relig_imp Religion: Important to Respondent?
relig_imp2 Religion: Important to Respondent?
relig_import Religion: Important part of Respondent’s life
relig_pray Religion: How often does Respondent pray
relig_wordgod Religion: Is Bible word of God or men
resent_deserve Black community: Agree/disagree blacks have gotten less than deserve
resent_racial_scale Black community: Racial conservatism scale
resent_slavery Black community: Agree/disagree past slavery make life more difficult
resent_try Black community: Agree/disagree blacks must try harder to get ahead
resent_workway Black community: Agree/disagree that blacks should work way up without spe-
cial favors
rvote2012_x Did Respondent vote in November general election?
sample_district Respondent’s Congressional district (in 113th U.S. Congress)
sample_ftfpsu Sample strata: Primary sampling unit for face-to-face cases
sample_state State of Respondent address
science_use How often should gov’t use scientific methods to solve problems?
scourt_elim_x Should the Supreme Court be done away with?
scourt_remove_x Should it be possible to remove Supreme Court justices?
south Respondent from South?
spsrvpr_ssself Support for government services/spending (7 point scale)
strata_ftf Sample strata for face-to-face sample component
strata_full Sample strata for full sample
tarp_favopp_x Favor the TARP program?
tea_supp_x Tea Party support
trad_adjust Traditional values: Agree/disagree world is changing we should adjust
trad_famval Traditional values: Agree/disagree that more emphasis needed on traditional family
values
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trad_lifestyle Traditional values: Agree/disagree are newer lifestyles are breaking down society
trad_tolerant Traditional values: Agree/disagree that one should be more tolerant of other moral
standards
trad_values_scale Traditional values: Moral traditionalism scale
trust_social Trust: How often can people be trusted?
trustgov_bigintrst Trust: Is government run by a few big interests or for benefit of all?
trustgov_corrpt Trust: How many in government are corrupt?
trustgov_trustgrev Trust: How often trust gov’t in Wash to do what is right? (reversed)
trustgov_trustgstd Trust: How often trust government in Wash to do what is right?
trustgov_waste Trust: Does government waste much tax money?
trustgvpo_crook Trust: How many in government are crooked?
usworld_stay International relations: Country better off if we just stayed home
usworld_stronger International relations: During last year, U.S. position in world is weaker/stronger/same?
version ANES 2012 Time Series Release Version
voted2008 Did Respondent vote for President in 2008? (Recode of interest_voted2008)
voted2012 Did Respondent vote in 2012?
voter_type Voter type (non, new, voter)
weight_ftf Post-stratified weight for face-to-face cases, preliminary
weight_full Post-stratified weight for full sample, preliminary release
weight_web Post-stratified weight for web cases, preliminary release
white Is Respondent white?
wiretap_warrant Wiretaps: Favor or oppose authority to wiretap terrorism suspects?
wiretappo_toofar Wiretaps: Has government power gone too far?
women_bond_x Working women: Harder to establish bond with child?
women_role Working women: Women’s role (numeric scale)
women_role_2 Working women: Women’s role at home or work?
women_works_x Working women: Better if man works and woman takes care of home and fam-
ily?
wpres_gdbd_x How good/bad to have woman president in next 20 years?
wt Sampling weight
year ANES year
Source
2012 American National Election Survey. See Appendix Table A.2 of printed textbook for further
information
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nesD NES design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analy-

sis, Second Edition
Description
The American National Election Survey polls individuals about their political beliefs and behavior.
This design dataset is used to demonstrate application of certain R functions to political analysis.
See nes dataset documentation for variable names and descriptions.
Usage
nesD
Format
A design dataset version of the nes dataset used for certain weighted analyses. The variables element
has 5916 observations of 399 variables.
Source
2012 American National Election Survey. See Appendix Table A.2 of printed textbook for further
information
orci Translate logistic regression coefficients into odds ratios
Description
Generates odds-ratios based on logistic regression model coefficients
Usage
orci(model, digits = 3)
Arguments
model An estimated logistic regression model
digits Number of digits after decimal to display
Value
Returns odds rations and confidence intervals in columns (a matrix class object)
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Examples
obama_state_model <- glm(obama_win12 ~ secularism + gunlaw_rank, data=states, family=binomial)
summary(obama_state_model)
orci(obama_state_model)
obama_vote_model <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem, design=nesD, family="quasibinomial")

summary(obama_vote_model)
orci(obama_vote_model)
pchisqC Comparing Logistic Regression Models with Chi-Squared Test
Description
Comparing Logistic Regression Models with Chi-Squared Test
Usage
pchisqC(reduced, full, digits = 3)
Arguments
reduced The reduced logisitic regression model as an object. This is model with fewer
independent variables.
full The full logisitic regression model as an object. This is model with more inde-
pendent variables.
digits The number of digits to display after decimal point, default is 3.
Value
The chi-squared statistic, df, and p-value as a vector of numbers to test null hypothesis that full
model no better than reduced model.
Examples
obama_vote_model_reduced <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem + white, design=nesD,

family="quasibinomial")
obama_vote_model_full <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem + white + (owngun_owngun=="1. Yes"),
design=nesD, family="quasibinomial")
pchisqC(obama_vote_model_reduced, obama_vote_model_full)
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plotChar Displays plotting characters available in R
Description
Displays plotting characters available in R. No values supplied to function.
Usage
plotChar()
Value
No return
Examples
plotChar()
plotmeansC Plots mean comparison
Description
Plots the mean values of a dependent variable at different values of nominal or ordinal independent
variable. Makes use of survey package’s svy
Usage
plotmeansC(data, function1 = NULL, function2 = NULL, function3, w = 1, ...)
Arguments
data A dataset (e.g. gss, nes, states, or world) or design dataset (e.g. gssD, nesD,
statesD, or worldD)
function1 A function in the form of ~ depvar
function2 A formula in the form of ~ indepvar
function3 A formula in the form of depvar ~ indepvar
w Weights, in the form ~ weightvar (optional, not needed if you use a design
dataset)
... Additonal arguments passed to gplots package’s plotmeans function
Value
No return
printC 35
Examples
plotmeansC(nesD, ~ft_hclinton, ~pid_x, ft_hclinton~pid_x,

xlab="Party Identification", ylab="Ratings of Hillary Clinton",
main="Ratings of Hillary Clinton by Party Identification")
plotmeansC(nes,~envir,~pid_3,envir~pid_3,w=~wt,
xlab="Party Identification",
ylab="Percent Pro-Environment",
main="Percentage Favoring Environment over Jobs,\n by Party ID")
printC Prints html-ready table to local working directory
Description
Prints html-ready table to local working directory. Makes use of xtable package’s print.xtable
function. See pp. 22 of An R Companion to Political Analysis for example and more information.
Usage
printC(objx)
Arguments
objx A table or data frame
Value
No return
prop.testC Difference of Proportions Test
Description
Difference of proportions test with optional sample weights. Reports P-value of two-tailed signifi-
cance test.
Usage
prop.testC(y, x, w = NULL, digits = 3)
36 quickConsolePrint
Arguments
y Dependent variable, should be coded as 0 or 1.

x Independent variable, should have only two unique values.
w Weights, optional.
Value
No return
Examples
prop.testC(nes$dem, nes$gender, w=nes$nesw)
quickConsolePrint Prints string to console quickly
Description
Prints string to console quickly, but still scolls for visual effect
Usage
quickConsolePrint(linetoprint)
Arguments
linetoprint Text to be printed to console
Value
No value returned
SetTextContrastColor 37
SetTextContrastColor Sets contrasting color for text
Description
Sets color for text that effectively contrasts with the background color specified. Used by the Colors
function.
Usage
SetTextContrastColor(color)
Arguments
color A color
Value
Returns either "black" or "white"
slowConsolePrint Prints string to console slowly
Description
Prints string to console slowly to make text more readable to the user. Used by welcome function.
Usage
slowConsolePrint(linetoprint, slow = 0.05)
Arguments
linetoprint Text to be printed to console
slow Time, in milliseconds, to wait between characters printed to console (default is
.05).
Value
No value returned
38 sortC
somersD Calculates Somer’s D
Description
This function calculates the Somer’s D measure of association statistic. This function makes use of
the svytable function from the survey package.
Usage
somersD(formula, data)
Arguments
formula A formula in the form ~ indepvar + depvar
data A design dataset (e.g. gssD, nesD, statesD, or worldD)
Value
Return Somer’s D measure of association statistic, a number between 0 and 1.
Examples
somersD(~ dem_educ3 + envjob_3, nesD)
sortC Returns case-level information in order
Description
Returns case-level information in order specified by user.
Usage
sortC(data, id, by, descending = TRUE)
Arguments
data Dataset to be sorted.
id A variable in the dataset (data) that identfies individual cases, typically the name
of states, countries, etc.
by Variable the dataset should be sorted by.
descending Should the cases be sorted in descending order? By default, set to TRUE.
states 39
Value
A data frame of sorted observations.
Examples
sortC(data=states, id=state, by=abortlaw10)
sortC(data=states, id=state, by=abortlaw10, descending=FALSE)
states States dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis,

Second 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
abort_rank3 Abortion restrictions (3 category ranking)

abort_rate05 Abortions per 1,000 women (2005)
abort_rate08 Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (2008)
abortion_rank12 2012 Abortion rank (Americans United for Life)
abortlaw10 Number of restrictions on abortion (2010)
abortlaw3 Abortion restrictions (three tiers of number of restrictions)
adv_or_more Percent of population with advanced degree or higher
alcohol Alcohol consumption in gallons per capita (2007)
attend_pct Percent frequently attend religious serviced (Pew)
ba_or_more Percent of population with college degree or higher
battle04 Battleground state in 2004?
blkleg Percent of state legislators who are black
blkpct04 Percent black (2004)
40 states
bush00 Percent voting for Bush in 2000

bush04 Percent voting for Bush in 2004
carfatal Motor vehicle fatalities (per 100,000 pop)
carfatal07 Motor vehicle fatalities per 100,000 pop (2007)
cig_tax Cigarette tax per pack (2007)
cig_tax_3 Cigarette tax per pack: 3 categories (2007)
cig_tax12 Cigarette tax per pack (2012)
cig_tax12_3 Cigarette tax per pack: 3 categories (2012)
cigarettes Packs smoked bimonthly per adult (2003)
college Percent of population with college or higher
conpct_m Percent mass public Conservative
cons_hr06 Conservatism score, US House delegation (2006)
cons_hr09 Conservatism score, US House delegation (2009)
conserv_advantage Conservative advantage, mass public (2012)
conserv_public Percent mass public conservative (2013)
cook_index Cook Index: Higher scores mean more Democratic
cook_index3 3 quantiles of cook_index
defexpen Federal defense expenditures per capita
dem_advantage Democratic advantage, mass public (2012)
dem_hr09 Percent US House delegation Democratic (2009)
demhr11 Percent HR delegation Democratic (2011)
demnat06 Percent US House and Senate Democratic (2006)
dempct_m Percent mass public Democratic
demstate06 Percent of state legislators who are Democrats (2006)
demstate09 Percent of state legislators who are Democrats (2009)
demstate13 Percent state legislature Democrats (2013)
density Population density (2010)
division Census division (9 different regions of country)
earmarks_pcap Earmarks per capita (in dollars)
evm State electoral vote: McCain (2008)
evo State electoral vote: Obama (2008)
evo2012 Obama’s Electoral College vote
evr2012 Romney’s Electoral College vote
gay_policy Billman’s policy scale (4 ordinal categories)
gay_policy_con Does state have ’most conservative’ gay policies?
gay_policy2 RECODE of gay_policy (Billman’s policy scale)
gay_support Lax-Phillips opinion index
states 41
gay_support3 Gay rights: public support (3 categories)

gb_win00 Did Bush win electoral vote, 2000?
gb_win04 Did Bush win electoral vote, 2004?
gore00 Percent voting for Gore 2000
govt_worker Percentage workforce government workers (2012)
gun_check Background checks for gun purchases per 100,000 pop (2012)
gun_dealer Gun dealers per 100,000 pop
gun_murder10 Gun murder rate (2010)
gun_rank_rev Recode of gun_rank11 so higher number ranks = more gun restrictions
gun_rank11 Brady gun rank (2011)
gun_rank3 Recode of gun_rank11 (3 ordinal categories)
gun_scale11 Brady gun law scale (2011)
gunlaw_rank Brady campaign rank (2008)
gunlaw_rank3_rev Number of restrictions (2008)
gunlaw_scale Brady campaign score (2008)
hispanic04 Percent Hispanic (2004)
hr_cons_rank11 Conservativism ranking of House of Representatives delegation (2011, American
Conservative Union)
hr_conserv11 Conservativism rating of House of Representatives delegation (2011, American
Conservative Union)
hr_lib_rank11 Liberalism ranking of House of Representatives delegation (2011, Americans for
Democratic Action)
hr_liberal11 Liberalism rating of House of Representatives delegation (2011, Americans for Demo-
cratic Action)
hs_or_more Percent population high school education or higher
indpct_m Percent mass public Independent
kerry04 Percent voting for Kerry 2004
libpct_m Percent mass public Liberal
mccain08 Percent voting for McCain 2008
modpct_m Percent mass public Moderate
nader00 Percent voting for Nader 2000
obama_win08 Did Obama win electoral vote, 2008?
obama_win12 Did Obama win the state in 2012?
obama08 Percent voting for Obama 2008
obama2012 Obama vote share in 2012
over64 Percent population over age 64
42 states
permit Percent public that would always permit abortion (2004 NES)
pop_18_24 Percent population aged 18-24 (2004)
pop_18_24_10 Percent population aged 18-24 (2010)
pop2000 State population, 2000
pop2010 State population, 2010
pop2010_hun_thou State population, 2010 (in 100k)
popchng0010 State population, 2000-2012
popchngpct State population percentage, 2000-2010
pot_policy Marijuana laws
prcapinc Per capita income
prochoice Percent public pro-choice
prolife Percent public pro-life
region Census region (4 categories)
relig_cath Percentage Catholic (2012)
relig_high Percentage high religiosity (2012)
relig_import Percent religion "A great deal of guidance"
relig_low Percentage low religiosity (2012)
relig_prot Percentage Protestant (2012)
religiosity Religious observance-belief scale (Pew)
religiosity3 Religiosity (3 categories)
reppct_m Percent mass public Republican
romney2012 Romney vote share in 2012
rtw Right to work state?
secularism Secularism scale (Pew)
secularism3 3 quantiles of secularism
seniority_sen2 Does state have influential US Senator?
smokers12 Percentage of population who smoke
south Southern state?
state State name
stateid Two letter postal abbreviation for state name
to_0004 Percentage point change in turnout from 2000 to 2004
trnout00 Turnout in 2000 presidential election
trnout04 Turnout in 2004 presidential election
unemploy Unemployment rate (2004)
uninsured_pct Percentage without health insurance (2012)
statesD 43
union04 Percent workers who are union members (2004)

union07 Percent workers who are union members (2007)
union10 Percent workforce unionized (2010)
urban Percent urban population (2000)
vep00_turnout Percent turnout of voting eligible population in 2000
womleg_2007 Percent of state legislators who are women (2007)
Source
Data sources vary. See Appendix Table A.3 of printed textbook for further information.
statesD States design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Anal-

ysis, Second Edition
Description
This is a design dataset with variables about the 50 states. This design dataset is used to demon-
strate application of certain R functions to political analysis. See states dataset documentation for
variable names and descriptions.
Usage
statesD
Format
A design dataset version of the states dataset used for certain weighted analyses. The variables
element has 50 observations of 135 variables.
Source
Sources vary. See Appendix Table A.3 of printed textbook for further information
44 svychisqC
svybyC Computes summary statistics
Description
Computes statistics for controlled mean comparison table. Used by imeansC function.
Usage
svybyC(formula1 = NULL, formula2 = NULL, data, ...)
Arguments
formula1 A formula
formula2 A formula
data Dataset
... Further arguments to be passed to svyby function.
Value
A svyby-type object
svychisqC Chi-Squared Statistic for Relationship Between Categorical Variables

using Weighted Dataset
Description
This function reports chi-squared test statistic based on weighted dataset
Usage
svychisqC(formula, design)
Arguments
formula Formula expressing the relationship between variables in the form ~ depvar +
indepvar
design Weighted design dataset (like gssD, nesD, statesD, or worldD)
Value
No return
tablesomersDC 45
Examples
svychisqC(~ gay_rights3 + libcon3, nesD)
tablesomersDC Produces summary statistics
Description
This function is called by somersD function.
Usage
tablesomersDC(x, dep = 2)
Arguments
x A svytable
dep which dimension stands for the dependent variable (1 = ROWS, 2 = COLS),
default is 2.
Value
No return
welcome Function to Introduce Users to R Companion Environment
Description
Welcomes users to Companion Package to Political Analysis and provides basic information about
using Companion functions and datasets.
Usage
welcome()
Value
No value returned
46 world
world World dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis,

Second 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
arda Country numerical code

colony Colony of what country? (CIA)
confidence Confidence in institutions scale (World Values Survey)
country Country/territory name (title case)
country1 Country/territory name (title case), may be same as country
debt Public debt as a percentage of GDP (CIA)
decent08 Democratic decentralization, 2008 (UN)
dem_economist Full or Part Democracy (Economist, 2014)
dem_level4 Regime type (Economist 2014)
dem_other Percentage of other democracies in region
dem_other5 Percentage of other democracies in region: 5 categories
dem_rank14 Democracy rank, lower scores more democratic (Economist 2014)
dem_score14 Democracy score, higher scores more democratic (Economist 2014)
democ Is government a democracy? (Based on regime_type3)
democ.yes Is government a democracy? Coded 0/100 (Based on regime_type3)
democ_regime Is regime a democracy? (1990)
democ_regime08 Is government a democracy? (may be redundant)
democ11 Democracy score, 2011 (UN)
district_size3 Average # of members per district (World Values Survey)
dnpp_3 Effective number of parliamentary parties
durable Number of years since the last regime transition (Polity)
effectiveness Government effectiveness scale (Kaufmann 2002)
enpp3_democ Effective number of parliamentary parties: 3 categories
world 47
enpp3_democ08 Effective number of parliamentary parties (World Values Survey)

eu EU member state (yes/no)
fertility Total fertility rate: Number children born per woman (CIA)
fhrate04_rev Freedom House rating of democracy (reversed)
fhrate08_rev Freedom House 1-7 scale reversed, rescaled 0-12
frac_eth Ethnic factionalization (combined linguistic and racial) (Alesina et al 2003)
frac_eth2 Ethnic factionalization (combined linguistic and racial) (Binned)
frac_eth3 Level of ethnic fractionalization: 3 categories
free_business Heritage Foundation rating: bus. freedom (2010)
free_corrupt Heritage Foundation rating: corruption (2010)
free_finance Heritage Foundation rating: financial freedom (2010)
free_fiscal Heritage Foundation rating: fiscal freedom (2010)
free_govspend Heritage Foundation rating: government spending (2010)
free_invest Heritage Foundation rating: invest freedom (2010)
free_labor Heritage Foundation rating: labor freedom (2010)
free_monetary Heritage Foundation rating: monetary freedom (2010)
free_overall Heritage Foundation rating: overall economic freedom (2010)
free_overall_4 4 quantiles of free_overall
free_property Heritage Foundation rating: property rights (2010)
free_trade Heritage Foundation rating: free trade (2010)
gdp_10_thou GDP per capita in 10K US$ (2002)
gdp_cap2 GDP per capita (US$): 2 categories (2002)
gdp_cap3 GDP per capita (US$): 3 categories (2002)
gdp08 GDP in billions in 2008 (World Bank)
gdpcap08_2 GDP per capita (US$) in 2008, 2 categories
gdpcap2_08 GDP per capita (US$) in 2008, 2 categories (may be redundant)
gdpcap3_08 GDP per capita (US$) in 2008 (Binned)
gdppcap08 GDP per capita in 2008 (World Bank)
gdppcap08_3 3 quantiles of gdppcap08 (as numeric)
gender_equal3 Gender empowerment measure, 3 categories (World Values Survey)
gender_unequal Gender Inequality Index value, 2008 (UN)
gender_unequal_rank Gender Inequality Index rank, 2008 (UN)
gini04 Gini coefficient (UN 2004)
gini08 Gini coeff (UN 2008)
gini10 Income Gini coefficient, 2000-2010 (UN)
govregrel Government regulation of religion index, 2008 (CIA)
hdi Human development index (HDI) value, 2010 (UN)
48 world
hi_gdp High GDP dummy

indy Year of independence (CIA)
ipu_wom13_all Percent Women in lower house of legislature, all countries, 2013 (Inter-Parliamentary
Union)
lifeex_f Life expectancy at birth among females (CIA)
lifeex_m Life expectancy at birth among males (CIA)
lifeex_total Life expectancy at birth, total population (CIA)
literacy Literacy rate (CIA)
muslim Is Muslim predominate religious group?
natcode Name of country (lower case)
oecd OECD member state (yes/no)
oil Oil production, in barrels per day (CIA)
pmat12_3 Post-materialism, 3 categories (World Values Survey)
polity Higher scores more democratic (Polity)
pop_0_14 Percentage of population age 0-14 (CIA)
pop_15_64 Percentage of population age 15-64 (CIA)
pop_65_older Percent of population age 65 and older (CIA)
pop_age Median age in years, 2010
pop_total Total population in millions, 2010 (UN)
pop_urban Percentage of the total population living in urban areas, 2010 (UN)
pr_sys Proportional representation system? (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)
protact3 Protest activity (World Values Survey)
regime_type3 Regime type (Cheibub’s Democracy Dictatorship dataset)
regionun United Nations region
religoin Largest religion by proportion (UN)
rich_democ Rich democracy, interaction of Hi_gdp*democ_regime
sexratio Sex ratio at birth (male births per 100 female births), 2010
spendeduc Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (UN)
spendhealth Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP (UN)
spendmil Public expenditure on the military as a percentage of GDP, 2008 (UN)
unions Union density (www.ilo.org)
unnetgro Percent growth in the number of Internet users, population based, 2000-2008 (UN)
unnetuse Internet users per 100 people, 2008 (UN)
unpovnpl Percentage of population below national poverty line, 2000-2008 (UN)
unremitp Per capita remittance inflows in US dollars, 2008
unremitt Remittance inflows as a percentage of GDP, 2008
vi_rel3 Percent saying religion very important, 3 categories
worldD 49
votevap00s Turnout: most recent election in 2000s (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assis-
tance)
votevap90s Turnout: elections in 1990s (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)
women05 Percent women in lower house of legislature, democracies only, 2005 (Inter-Parliamentary
Union)
women09 Percent women in lower house of legislature, democracies only, 2009 (Inter-Parliamentary
Union)
women13 Percent Women in lower house of legislature, democracies only, 2013 (Inter-Parliamentary
Union)
womyear Year women first enfranchised (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
womyear2 Women’s suffrage (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
Source
Sources vary. See Appendix Table A.4 of printed textbook for further information.
worldD World design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Anal-

ysis, Second Edition
Description
This is a design dataset with variables about countries in the world. This dataset is used to demon-
strate application of R to political analysis. See world dataset documentation for variable names
and descriptions.
Usage
worldD
Format
A design dataset version of the world dataset used for certain weighted analyses. The variables
element has 167 observations of 103 variables.
Source
Sources vary. See Appendix Table A.4 of printed textbook for further information
50 wtd.median
wtd.boxplot Weighted Box Plot
Description
The wtd.boxplot function is no longer being used by the poliscidata package. Please use the svy-
boxplot function instead. See svyhist documentation for details; also see pp. 67-69 of The R
Companion to Political Analysis, 2nd Edition.
Usage
wtd.boxplot(...)
Arguments
... Any arguments used will yield same warning message.
Value
Warning message only.
wtd.median Find Median of Variable
Description
Takes in variable and finds median, works with sampling weights
Usage
wtd.median(x, weights = NULL)
Arguments
x A variable
weights Sampling weights of variable (optional)
Details
Makes use of the wtd.quantile function, part of the Hmisc package
Value
Returns the median value of the variable
wtd.mode 51
Examples
wtd.median(nes$budget_deficit_x, nes$wt)
wtd.mode Find Mode of Variable
Description
Takes in variable and finds mode, works with sampling weights
Usage
wtd.mode(x, weights = NULL)
Arguments
x A variable
weights Sampling weights of variable (optional)
Details
Makes use of the freq function, part of the descr package
Value
Returns the modal value of the variable
Examples
wtd.mode(gss$zodiac, gss$wtss)
52 wtd.ttestC
wtd.sd Find Standard Deviation of Variable
Description
Takes in variable and calculates standard deviation, works with sampling weights.
Usage
wtd.sd(x, weights = NULL)
Arguments
x A variable (must be numeric), should be in dataset$var form.
weights Sampling weights of variable (optional), should be in dataset$weightvar form.
Details
Makes use of the freq function, part of the descr package.
Value
Returns the standard deviation of the variable, a numeric value.
Examples
wtd.sd(nes$polknow_combined, nes$wt)
wtd.ttestC Weighted T-Test
Description
This function conducts a weighted t-test
Usage
wtd.ttestC(f1, f2, data, digits = 3)
Arguments
f1 Function identifying interval-level dependent variable in the form ~ depvar
f2 A function that defines groups to be compared in the form ~ indepvar
data A design dataset such as gssD, nesD, statesD, or worldD
xtabC 53
Value
No return
Examples
wtd.ttestC(f1 = ~ ftgr_gay, f2 = ~ gender, data = nesD)
wtd.ttestC(~ ft_rep, ~ gender, nesD)
xtabC Controlled cross tabulation analysis with optional weights
Description
Controlled cross tabulation analysis with optional weights
Usage
xtabC(function1, data, digits = 2)
Arguments
function1 A function of the relationship to be analyzed expressed in the form ~ depvar +

indepvar + controlvar
data A design dataset (e.g. gssD, nesD, statesD, worldD)
Value
A controlled cross tabulation as a multi-dimensional array.
Examples
xtabC(~ divlaw2 + attend3 + kids, gssD)

54 xtp
xtp Cross tabulation Analysis
Description
Generates cross-tabulation of dependent and indendent variables, also creates a mosiac plot. Makes
use of the crosstab function in the descr package.
Usage
xtp(
data,
y,
x,
w = NULL,
ylab = NULL,
xlab = NULL,
main = NULL,
digits = 2,
chisq = FALSE
)
Arguments
data Dataset (like gss, nes, states, or world)
y Dependent variable
x Independent variable
w Weights (optional)
ylab Y-axis label (optional)
xlab X-axis label (optional)
main Main label for plot (optional)
digits Number of digits to report after decimal place, optional (default = 2)
chisq Do you want Chi-Squared test reported? (default is FALSE)
Value
A data frame of the cross tabulation results
Examples
xtp(gss, grass, attend3, wtss)

xtp.chi2 55
xtp.chi2 Cross tabulation Analysis with Chi-Squared Statistic
Description
This function makes use of the crosstab function from the descr package
Usage
xtp.chi2(data, y, x, w = NULL, digits = 1, prop.c = FALSE)
Arguments
data Dataset to be sorted
y Dependent variable
x Independent variable
w Weights (optional)
prop.c Do you want column percentages reported in table? (default is FALSE)
Value
Returns a data frame of cross tabulation results
Examples
xtp.chi2(gss, pornlaw, attend3, wtss)

Index
∗ datasets fit.svyglm, 2, 9
gss, 10 freq, 3, 9
gssD, 16 freq (available.imported.functions), 3
nes, 20 freqC, 9
nesD, 32
states, 39 gss, 10, 16
statesD, 43 gssD, 16
world, 46
worldD, 49 imeansC, 17, 44
inverse.logit, 18
AdjR2, 2 iplotC, 18
available.imported.functions, 3
lineType, 19
brkdn.plot, 18 logregR2, 19
CI95, 5 nes, 20, 32
CI99, 6 nesD, 32
Colors, 7, 37
colPercents, 7 orci, 32
compADPQ, 8
compmeans, 3 pchisqC, 33
compmeans plotChar, 34
(available.imported.functions), plotmeans, 3, 34
3 plotmeans
CramersV, 8 (available.imported.functions),
crosstab, 3 3
crosstab plotmeansC, 34
(available.imported.functions), print.xtable, 35
3 printC, 35
csv.get, 3 prop.testC, 35
csv.get (available.imported.functions),
3 quickConsolePrint, 36
cut2, 3
cut2 (available.imported.functions), 3 scatterplot, 3
scatterplot
ddply, 3 (available.imported.functions),
ddply (available.imported.functions), 3 3
describe, 3 SetTextContrastColor, 37
describe slowConsolePrint, 37
(available.imported.functions), somersD, 38, 45
3 sortC, 38
56
INDEX 57
spss.get, 3 wtd.cor (available.imported.functions),

spss.get 3
(available.imported.functions), wtd.hist, 4
3 wtd.hist
stata.get, 4 (available.imported.functions),
stata.get 3
(available.imported.functions), wtd.mean
3 (available.imported.functions),
states, 39, 43 3
statesD, 43 wtd.median, 50
surveysummary, 4 wtd.mode, 51
svyboxplot wtd.quantile
(available.imported.functions), (available.imported.functions),
3 3
svyby, 4, 18 wtd.sd, 52
svyby (available.imported.functions), 3 wtd.stats, 4
svybyC, 44 wtd.t.test, 4
svychisq, 4 wtd.t.test
svychisq (available.imported.functions),
(available.imported.functions), 3
3 wtd.ttestC, 52
svychisqC, 44 wtd.var (available.imported.functions),
svydesign, 4 3
svydesign
(available.imported.functions), xtabC, 7, 53
3 xtp, 54
svyglm, 4 xtp.chi2, 55
svyglm (available.imported.functions), 3
svyhist, 4, 50
svymean (available.imported.functions),
3
svyplot, 4
svyplot (available.imported.functions),
3
svytable
(available.imported.functions),
3
tablesomersDC, 8, 45
welcome, 37, 45
world, 46, 49
worldD, 49
wtd.boxplot, 50
wtd.chi.sq, 4
wtd.chi.sq
(available.imported.functions),
3
wtd.cor, 4

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AdjR2 Calculates adjusted R-Squared statistic

AdjR2(tdf=200, null.dev=1500, resid.dev=1100, k=5)

CI95 Calculates a 95 Percent Confidence Interval

CI99 Calculates a 99 Percent Confidence Interval

Colors Displays R Colors

colPercents Column Percentages

compADPQ Calculates a statistic for measure of association in cross-tabulation

CramersV Calculates Cramer’s V

CramersV(chi=84.18, r=2, c=2, n=1315)

obamaThermModel <- svyglm(obama_therm ~ gender, design=nesD, na.action="na.omit")

freqC Generates table and figure describing distribution of variable values.

gss GSS dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Sec-

abany Abortion Permissible: Woman Wants For Any Reason

age_3 Age Group: 3 Categories

contv Confidence in Television

hhtype1 Household Type (Condensed)

mobile16 Geographic Mobility Since Age 16

premarsx Sex Before Marriage

thnkself Important for Child: To Think For One’s Self

gssD GSS design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analy-

imeansC Controlled Mean Comparison Table

imeansC(function1 = NULL, function2 = NULL, data, digits = 2)

function1 A function identifying the dependent variable in the form ~ depvar

A controlled mean comparison table (an "ftable" class object)

imeansC(function1 = ~ft_dem, function2 = ~gender + married, data=nesD)

imeansC(~ft_dem, ~gender + married, nesD)

inverse.logit Calculates predicted probability for a given logged odds value

iplotC Interaction plot

iplotC(function1 = ~ ft_dem, function2 = ~ gender + married,

iplotC(~ft_dem, ~gender+married, nesD, ft_dem~married+gender,

lineType Displays line types for R plots

logregR2 Logistic regression model statistics

obama_vote_model <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem, design=nesD, family="quasibinomial")

nes NES dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Sec-

abort_scale Anti-abortion Scale

authoritarianism Authoritarianism (4 point scale based on child trait questions)

dem Party identification: Does Respondent self-identify as Democrat? (coded 0/1)

effic_internal3 Political efficacy: Internal political efficacy (3 categories)

fedspend_ss Federal budget increase/decrease: Social Security

ftgr_rich Feeling thermometer: Rich People

govrole_scale Pro-government scale (numeric scale)

involv_numorgs_4 Involvement in politics: Number of group memberships

orientn_knowgay Sexual orientation of family and friends

presvote2012_x Respondent’s vote in 2012 presidential election

nesD NES design dataset for R Companion to Essentials of Political Analy-

orci Translate logistic regression coefficients into odds ratios

obama_vote_model <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem, design=nesD, family="quasibinomial")

pchisqC Comparing Logistic Regression Models with Chi-Squared Test

obama_vote_model_reduced <- svyglm(obama_vote ~ ft_dem + white, design=nesD,

plotChar Displays plotting characters available in R

plotmeansC Plots mean comparison

plotmeansC(nesD, ~ft_hclinton, ~pid_x, ft_hclinton~pid_x,

printC Prints html-ready table to local working directory

prop.testC Difference of Proportions Test

y Dependent variable, should be coded as 0 or 1.

prop.testC(nes$dem, nes$gender, w=nes$nesw)

quickConsolePrint Prints string to console quickly