quanteda (version 1.5.1)

data_corpus_irishbudget2010: Irish budget speeches from 2010

Description

Speeches and document-level variables from the debate over the Irish budget of 2010.

Usage

data_corpus_irishbudget2010

Format

The corpus object for the 2010 budget speeches, with document-level variables for year, debate, serial number, first and last name of the speaker, and the speaker's party.

Details

At the time of the debate, Fianna F<U+00E1>il (FF) and the Greens formed the government coalition, while Fine Gael (FG), Labour (LAB), and Sinn F<U+00E9>in (SF) were in opposition.

References

Lowe, W. & Benoit, K.R. (2013). Validating Estimates of Latent Traits From Textual Data Using Human Judgment as a Benchmark. Political Analysis, 21(3), 298--313.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
summary(data_corpus_irishbudget2010)
# }