BaM (version 0.93)

pbc.vote: pbc.vote

Description

Precinct level data for Palm Beach County, Florida from the 2000 U.S. Presidential election

Usage

pbc.vote

source

Conell, C. and Cohn, S. (1995). Learning from Other People's Actions: Environmental Variation and Diffusion in French Coal Mining Strikes, 1890-1935 American Journal of Sociology {LI, American Journal of Sociology. } datasets

Examples

{
        n <- length(strikes)
        r <- 1
        s.y <- sum(strikes)

        p.posterior.1000000 <- rbeta(1000000,n*r,s.y+0.5)
        length(p.posterior.1000000[p.posterior.1000000<0.05])/1000000

        par(mar=c(3,3,3,3))
        ruler <- seq(0,1,length=1000)
        beta.vals <- dbeta(ruler,n*r,s.y+0.5)
        plot(ruler[1:200],beta.vals[1:200],yaxt="n",main="",ylab="",type="l")
        mtext(side=2,line=1,"Density")
        for (i in 1:length(ruler))
        if (ruler[i] < 0.05)
        segments(ruler[i],0,ruler[i],beta.vals[i])
        segments(0.04,3,0.02,12.2)
        text(0.02,12.8,"0.171")
}