bush2000

US election data, at the state level, in the 2000 Presidential Election from Kieschnick and McCullough (2003).

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Data used as examples in the current two books on Generalised Additive Models for Location Scale and Shape introduced by Rigby and Stasinopoulos (2005), <doi:10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00510.x>.

Mikis Stasinopoulos

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Data for Generalised Additive Models for Location Scale and
Shape

bush2000 function

A data frame with 51 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>state</code></dt>
<dd>name of state a factor with levels 51 levels.</dd> <dt><code>bush</code></dt>
<dd>proportion of state's vote for George Bush</dd> <dt><code>male</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population male</dd> <dt><code>pop</code></dt>
<dd>population</dd> <dt><code>rural</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population living in rural areas</dd> <dt><code>bpovl</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population with income below the poverty level</dd> <dt><code>clfu</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment rate (%)</dd> <dt><code>mgt18</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of male population older than 18 years</dd> <dt><code>pgt65</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population older than 65 years</dd> <dt><code>numgt75</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population with income greater than 75K</dd> 
</dl>

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The Bush 2000 election data — bush2000

A data frame with 51 observations on the following 10 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>state</code></dt>
<dd>name of state a factor with levels 51 levels.</dd>

 <dt><code>bush</code></dt>
<dd>proportion of state's vote for George Bush</dd>

 <dt><code>male</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population male</dd>

 <dt><code>pop</code></dt>
<dd>population</dd>

 <dt><code>rural</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population living in rural areas</dd>

 <dt><code>bpovl</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population with income below the poverty level</dd>

 <dt><code>clfu</code></dt>
<dd>unemployment rate (%)</dd>

 <dt><code>mgt18</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of male population older than 18 years</dd>

 <dt><code>pgt65</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population older than 65 years</dd>

 <dt><code>numgt75</code></dt>
<dd>percentage of population with income greater than 75K</dd>

 
</dl>

bush2000: The Bush 2000 election data

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