WillsDebates


Number of times a presidential candidate said "will," "shall," or "going to"
in presidential debates from 1960-2004 (years incomplete).


datasets

The abd package contains data sets and sample code for The
Analysis of Biological Data by Michael Whitlock and Dolph Schluter (2009;
Roberts & Company Publishers).

Kevin M Middleton

The Analysis of Biological Data

WillsDebates function

A data frame with 8 observations on the following 6 variables.
<dl>
<dt>year</dt><dd>year of presidential debate(s)</dd> <dt>winner</dt><dd>winner of the popular vote (may not be winner of
election)</dd>
 <dt>loser</dt><dd>loser of popular vote (may not be loser of
election)</dd>
 <dt>winner.wills</dt><dd>number of times will/shall used by
winner during debates</dd>
 <dt>loser.wills</dt><dd>number of times will/shall
used by loser during debates</dd>
 <dt>diff.wills</dt><dd>difference between
number of times will/shall used by two candidates</dd>
 </dl>

WillsDebates: Presidential "Wills"

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