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StatMethRank (version 1.3)

APA: American Psychological Association Election Data

Description

In 1980, the American Psychological Association conducted an election at which five candidates (A, B, C, D and E) were running for president and voters were asked to rank order all of the candidates. Among those voters, 5738 gave complete rankings. These complete rankings are considered here. The data are given in Diaconis (1988). Suppose that lower rank implies more favorable.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 120 rows and 6 columns

Details

  • freq. The frequencies of each distinguish ranking.
  • A, B, C, D and E. The ranks of the five candidates.