cluster.datasets (version 1.0-1)

un.votes.1969.1970: Hartigan (1975) Selected Votes in the United Nations

Description

The table contains the votes for selected propositions by country in the United Nations between 1969 and 1970. This is Table 16.5 in Chapter 16 of Hartigan (1975) on page 306.

Usage

data(un.votes.1969.1970)

Format

A data frame with 23 observations on the following 11 variables.

country

a character vector for the country name

p.1

a factor for proposition 1 with levels A N Y

p.2

a factor for proposition 2 with levels A N Y

p.3

a factor for proposition 3 with levels A N Y

p.4

a factor for proposition 4 with levels A N Y

p.5

a factor for proposition 5 with levels A N Y

p.6

a factor for proposition 6 with levels A N Y

p.7

a factor for proposition 7 with levels A N Y

p.8

a factor for proposition 8 with levels A N Y

p.9

a factor for proposition 9 with levels A N Y

p.10

a factor for proposition 10 with levels A N Y

Source

Hartigan, J. A. (1975). Clustering Algorithms, John Wiley, New York. SPAETH2 Cluster Analysis Datasets http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/datasets/spaeth2/spaeth2.html

Details

The propositions that were voted on were as follows.

p.1

to adopt USSR proposal to delete item on Korean unification

p.2

to call upon the UK to use force against Rhodesia

p.3

to declare the China admission question an important question

p.4

to recognize mainland China and expel Formosa

p.5

to make a study commission on China admission important

p.6

to forma a study comssion on Portuguese colonialism

p.7

convention on no statutory limit on ware crimes

p.8

condemn Portuguese colonialism

p.9

to defer consideration of South Africa expulsion

The factor levels are the outcomes for the proposition. Y implies yes, N is no and A is abstain..

References

Hartigan, J. A. (1975). Clustering Algorithms, John Wiley, New York.

Examples

data(un.votes.1969.1970)