Pollster08

<p>Polls for 2008 U.S. presidential election</p>

datasets

Provides datasets for the textbook Stat2: Modeling
with Regression and ANOVA (second edition). Also includes
datasets from the first edition, Stat2: Building Models for
a World of Data, and functions for plotting diagnostic
graphics.

Robin Lock

Stat2Data

Datasets for Stat2

Ann Cannon

Bradley Hartlaub

Allan Rossman

Jeffrey Witmer

Pollster08 function

<p>A dataset with 102 observations on the following 11 variables.</p><table class="table">
<tr><td><code>PollTaker</code></td><td>Polling organization</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>PollDates</code></td><td>Dates the poll data were collected</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>MidDate</code></td><td>Midpoint of the polling period</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Days</code></td><td>Number of days after August 28th (end of Democratic convention)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>n</code></td><td>Sample size for the poll</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Pop</code></td><td><code>A</code>=all,  <code>LV</code>=likely voters, <code>RV</code>=registered voters</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>McCain</code></td><td>Percent supporting John McCain</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Obama</code></td><td>Percent supporting Barack Obama</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Margin</code></td><td>Obama percent minus McCain percent</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Charlie</code></td><td>Indicator for polls after Charlie Gibson interview with VP candidate Sarah Palin (9/11)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Meltdown</code></td><td>Indicator for polls after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (9/15)</td></tr>
</table><p></p><p></p>

Format

2008 U.S. Presidential Election Polls — Pollster08

<p>A dataset with 102 observations on the following 11 variables.</p><table class='table'>
<tr><td><code>PollTaker</code></td><td>Polling organization</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>PollDates</code></td><td>Dates the poll data were collected</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>MidDate</code></td><td>Midpoint of the polling period</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Days</code></td><td>Number of days after August 28th (end of Democratic convention)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>n</code></td><td>Sample size for the poll</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Pop</code></td><td><code>A</code>=all,  <code>LV</code>=likely voters, <code>RV</code>=registered voters</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>McCain</code></td><td>Percent supporting John McCain</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Obama</code></td><td>Percent supporting Barack Obama</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Margin</code></td><td>Obama percent minus McCain percent</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Charlie</code></td><td>Indicator for polls after Charlie Gibson interview with VP candidate Sarah Palin (9/11)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Meltdown</code></td><td>Indicator for polls after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (9/15)</td></tr>
</table>



`PollTaker`	Polling organization
`PollDates`	Dates the poll data were collected
`MidDate`	Midpoint of the polling period
`Days`	Number of days after August 28th (end of Democratic convention)
`n`	Sample size for the poll
`Pop`	`A`=all, `LV`=likely voters, `RV`=registered voters
`McCain`	Percent supporting John McCain
`Obama`	Percent supporting Barack Obama
`Margin`	Obama percent minus McCain percent
`Charlie`	Indicator for polls after Charlie Gibson interview with VP candidate Sarah Palin (9/11)
`Meltdown`	Indicator for polls after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (9/15)

Pollster08: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Polls

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