# R Dataset / Package pscl / AustralianElections

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## Description

Describes how to create a bar plot based on count data. For an example of count data, see the email50 curated data set which was taken from the Open Intro AHSS textbook (not affiliated). An example of count data in this dataset would be the spam column.

## Usage

Select one (1) column to create its barplot and then click 'Submit'. If you do not choose count data, you may get unexpected results.

Students may also be interested in creating barplots for contingency tables.

For a stacked side-by-side barplot, see the other barplot app.

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## Usage

Select 1 (one) column from a contingency table like the Gender and Politics or VADeaths curated datasets.

If you do not choose a contingency table, you may get unexpected results. You can import a dataset if you are logged-in.

## Details

Shows the student how to create a single stacked bar plot based on a column in a contingency table.

For a basic barplot (single column) based on count data see the count data barplot app.

For a stacked side-by-side barplot see the other stacked barplot app for categorical data.

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## Usage

Select 1 (one) column from a contingency table. If you don't have your own dataset, you can choose the Gender and Politics or VADeaths curated datasets. If a contingency table is not chosen, you may get unexpected results.

A contingency table has columns like a regular dataset, but the first row contains row names that categorize and "split-up" the dataset. An example of a contingency table would be something like this:

LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE
F 762 468
M 484 477


This contingency table is take from the Gender and Politics dataset. You can get a preview by selecting the dataset from the Curated Data dropdown above.

## Details

This app shows the student how to create a pie chart from a contingency table by hand using a Quadstat dataset.

A pie chart shows proportions of a sample or population. Each piece of a pie chart corresponds to some subset of the sample or population. In this case, we will use the contingency table rows to subset the sample.

Students may also want to view the app for creating a pie chart from count data.

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## Usage

Click "Submit" after selecting one column to see how to compute the arithmetic mean (average) of data (vectors).

## Description

If all the values of a sample were plotted on a number line, the average would be the point in the middle that would balance the two sides.

The average is greatly influenced by outliers, meaning extreme points can pull the average to the left or right.

If we are referring to the average of population (all observations), the symbol for the average (arithmetic mean) is $\mu$.

If we are referring to the average of a sample (a subset of the population), the symbol for the average (arithmetic mean) is $\bar{x}$.

## Computing the average

Suppose we have a sample consisting of $x_1, x_2, x_3,...,x_n$. This means we have $n$ observations. Then,

$$\bar{x}=\frac{x_1, x_2, x_3,...,x_n}{n}.$$

The formula tells us that we need to add all the observations and then divide by the number of observations to compute the mean.

## Example 1

Compute the mean of $A = \{1,2,3\}$.

$$\bar{x} = \frac{1+2+3}{3} = 2.$$
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## Usage

Select two columns which are to be used in the scatterplot. The first column clicked will be the independent variable (X-axis).

## Description

This web application describes how to create a scatterplot of two dataset variables plotted on the xy-axes.

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## Median Value

### Description

Compute the sample median.

### Usage

median(x, na.rm = FALSE, ...)


### Arguments

 x an object for which a method has been defined, or a numeric vector containing the values whose median is to be computed. na.rm a logical value indicating whether NA values should be stripped before the computation proceeds. ... potentially further arguments for methods; not used in the default method.

### Value

The default method returns a length-one object of the same type as x, except when x is logical or integer of even length, when the result will be double.

If there are no values or if na.rm = FALSE and there are NA values the result is NA of the same type as x (or more generally the result of x[FALSE][NA]).

### References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

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## elections to Australian House of Representatives, 1949-2007

### Description

Aggregate data on the 24 elections to Australia's House of Representatives, 1949 to 2007.

### Usage

data(AustralianElections)

### Format

A data frame with the following variables:

date

date of election, stored using the Date class

Seats

numeric, number of seats in the House of Representatives

Uncontested

numeric, number of uncontested seats

ALPSeats

numeric, number of seats won by the Australian Labor Party

LPSeats

numeric, number of seats won by the Liberal Party

NPSeats

numeric, number of seats won by the National Party (previously known as the Country Party)

OtherSeats

numeric, number of seats won by other parties and/or independent candidates

ALP

numeric, percentage of first preference votes cast for Australian Labor Party candidates

ALP2PP

numeric, percentage of the two-party preferred vote won by Australian Labor Party candidates

LP

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Liberal Party candidates

NP

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for National Party (Country Party) candidates

DLP

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Democratic Labor Party candidates

Dem

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Australian Democrat candidates

Green

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Green Party candidates

Hanson

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for candidates from Pauline Hanson's One Nation party

Com

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Communist Party candidates

AP

numeric, percent of first preference votes cast for Australia Party candidates

Informal

numeric, percent of ballots cast that are spoiled, blank, or otherwise uncountable (usually because of errors in enumerating preferences)

Turnout

numeric, percent of enrolled voters recorded as having turned out to vote (Australia has compulsory voting)

### Source

Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.aec.gov.au.

### References

Jackman, Simon. 2009. Bayesian Analysis for the Social Sciences. Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey. Example 3.5.

### Examples

data(AustralianElections)
attach(AustralianElections)
alpSeatShare <- ALPSeats/Seats
y <- log(alpSeatShare/(1-alpSeatShare))ols <- lm(y~x)   ## Tufte-style seats-votes regressionxseq <- seq(-4.5,4.5,length=500)
yhat <- coef(ols)[1] + coef(ols)[2]*xseq
yhat <- exp(yhat)/(1+exp(yhat))
xseq <- exp(xseq)/(1+exp(xseq))## seats vote curve
y=alpSeatShare,
xlab="ALP Vote Share",
ylab="ALP Seat Share")
lines(xseq,yhat,lwd=2)
abline(h=.5,lty=2)
abline(v=.5,lty=2)

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Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.