nes_econ2008

A dataset containing gender, party ID, education, and responses to 10 survey items
on economic issues from the American National Election Studies, 2008.

datasets

Implementation of a class of hierarchical item response
theory (IRT) models where both the mean and the variance of latent preferences
(ability parameters) may depend on observed covariates. The current
implementation includes both the two-parameter latent trait model for binary data and the
graded response model for ordinal data. Both are fitted via the Expectation-Maximization (EM)
algorithm. Asymptotic standard errors are derived from the observed information
matrix.

Xiang Zhou

hIRT

Hierarchical Item Response Theory Models

nes_econ2008 function

A data frame with 2268 rows and 13 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>gender</dt><dd>gender. 1: male; 2: female</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>party identification: Democrat, independent, or Republican</dd>
 <dt>educ</dt><dd>education. 1: high school or less; 2: some college or above</dd>
 <dt>health_ins7</dt><dd>Support for government or private health insurance, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>jobs_guar7</dt><dd>Support for government guarantee jobs and income, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>gov_services7</dt><dd>Should government reduce or increase spending on services?, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_poor3</dt><dd>Federal spending on the poor, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_childcare3</dt><dd>Federal spending on child care, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_crime3</dt><dd>Federal spending on crime, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_publicschools3</dt><dd>Federal spending on public schools, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_welfare3</dt><dd>Federal spending on welfare, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_envir3</dt><dd>Federal spending on environment, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_socsec3</dt><dd>Federal spending on Social Security, 3 categories</dd>
 </dl>

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Public Attitudes on Economic Issues in ANES 2008 — nes_econ2008

A data frame with 2268 rows and 13 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>gender</dt><dd>gender. 1: male; 2: female</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>party identification: Democrat, independent, or Republican</dd>
 <dt>educ</dt><dd>education. 1: high school or less; 2: some college or above</dd>
 <dt>health_ins7</dt><dd>Support for government or private health insurance, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>jobs_guar7</dt><dd>Support for government guarantee jobs and income, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>gov_services7</dt><dd>Should government reduce or increase spending on services?, 7 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_poor3</dt><dd>Federal spending on the poor, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_childcare3</dt><dd>Federal spending on child care, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_crime3</dt><dd>Federal spending on crime, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_publicschools3</dt><dd>Federal spending on public schools, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_welfare3</dt><dd>Federal spending on welfare, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_envir3</dt><dd>Federal spending on environment, 3 categories</dd>
 <dt>FS_socsec3</dt><dd>Federal spending on Social Security, 3 categories</dd>
 </dl>

nes_econ2008: Public Attitudes on Economic Issues in ANES 2008

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