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polimetrics (version 1.2.1.14)

R Tools for Political Measures

Description

This is a collection of data and functions for common metrics in political science research. Data measuring ideology, and functions calculating geographical diffusion and ideological diffusion - geog.diffuse() and ideo.dist(), respectively. Functions derived from methods developed in: Soule and King (2006) , Berry et al. (1998) , Cruz-Aceves and Mallinson (2019) , and Grossback et al. (2004) .

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install.packages('polimetrics')

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1.2.1.14

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GPL-3

Maintainer

Burrel Jr

Last Published

January 17th, 2022

Functions in polimetrics (1.2.1.14)

Ideology

Fording's State Ideology Data
geog.diffuse

Calculating Geographical Diffusion
ideo.dist

Calculating Ideological Distance
US_States

US States Information for Merging
State_Neighbors

US State Neighbor List
Ideology_ERA

Fording's State Ideology Data (adapted, with E.R.A. status)
US_Counties

US Counties Information for Merging