ex0126

The data are the number of pro- and anti-environmental votes, according to the League of Conservation Voters, for each member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, 2006, or 2007.

datasets

Data sets from Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013), "The
Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd
ed)", Cengage Learning.

Berwin Turlach

Sleuth3

Data Sets from Ramsey and Schafer's "Statistical Sleuth (3rd
Ed)"

ex0126 function

A data frame with 492 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>State</dt><dd>the state that the member represented</dd>
 <dt>Representative</dt><dd>name of the representative</dd>
 <dt>Party</dt><dd>a factor representing political party, with levels
 <code>"R"</code> for Republican, <code>"D"</code> for Democratic, and
 <code>"I"</code> for Independent</dd> 
 <dt>Pro05</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2005</dd>
 <dt>Anti05</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2005</dd>
 <dt>Pro06</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2006</dd>
 <dt>Anti06</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2006</dd>
 <dt>Pro07</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2007</dd>
 <dt>Anti07</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2007</dd>
 <dt>PctPro</dt><dd>the total percentage of a representative's votes between 2005 and 2007 that were deemd to be pro-environmental</dd>
 </dl>

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Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives — ex0126

A data frame with 492 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>State</dt><dd>the state that the member represented</dd>
 <dt>Representative</dt><dd>name of the representative</dd>
 <dt>Party</dt><dd>a factor representing political party, with levels
 <code>"R"</code> for Republican, <code>"D"</code> for Democratic, and
 <code>"I"</code> for Independent</dd> 
 <dt>Pro05</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2005</dd>
 <dt>Anti05</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2005</dd>
 <dt>Pro06</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2006</dd>
 <dt>Anti06</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2006</dd>
 <dt>Pro07</dt><dd>the number of pro-environmental votes in 2007</dd>
 <dt>Anti07</dt><dd>the number of anti-environmental votes in 2007</dd>
 <dt>PctPro</dt><dd>the total percentage of a representative's votes between 2005 and 2007 that were deemd to be pro-environmental</dd>
 </dl>

ex0126: Environmental Voting of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives

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