HSAUR2 (version 1.1-17)

voting: House of Representatives Voting Data

Description

Voting results for 15 congressmen from New Jersey.

Usage

data("voting")

Format

A 15 times 15 matrix.

Details

Romesburg (1984) gives a set of data that shows the number of times 15 congressmen from New Jersey voted differently in the House of Representatives on 19 environmental bills. Abstentions are not recorded.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  data("voting", package = "HSAUR2")
  require("MASS")
  voting_mds <- isoMDS(voting)
  plot(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2],
       type = "n", xlab = "Coordinate 1", ylab = "Coordinate 2",
       xlim = range(voting_mds$points[,1])*1.2)
  text(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2], 
       labels = colnames(voting))
  voting_sh <- Shepard(voting[lower.tri(voting)], voting_mds$points)

# }