state.info

Numeric codes and names of 50 states and the District of Columbia,
 required to parse Keith Poole
 and Howard Rosenthal's collections of U.S. Congressional roll calls.

datasets

Bayesian analysis of item-response theory (IRT) models,
roll call analysis; computing highest density regions;
maximum likelihood estimation of zero-inflated and hurdle models for count data;
goodness-of-fit measures for GLMs;
data sets used in writing	and teaching; seats-votes curves.

Simon Jackman

pscl

Political Science Computational Laboratory

Alex Tahk

Achim Zeileis

Christina Maimone

James Fearon

Zoe Meers

state.info function

<dl>
 <dt><code>icpsr</code></dt>
<dd>integer, numeric code for state used by the
 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research</dd> <dt><code>state</code></dt>
<dd>character, name of state or <code>Washington
	D.C.</code></dd> <dt><code>year</code></dt>
<dd>numeric or <code>NA</code>, year of statehood</dd> 
</dl>

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information about the American states needed for U.S. Congress — state.info

<dl>
 <dt><code>icpsr</code></dt>
<dd>integer, numeric code for state used by the
 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research</dd>

 <dt><code>state</code></dt>
<dd>character, name of state or <code>Washington
	D.C.</code></dd>

 <dt><code>year</code></dt>
<dd>numeric or <code>NA</code>, year of statehood</dd>

 
</dl>

state.info: information about the American states needed for U.S. Congress

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