House of Representatives Voting Data

Description

Voting results for 15 congressmen from New Jersey.

Usage

data("voting")

Format

A 15 times 15 matrix.

Details

Romesburg (1984) gives a set of data that shows the number of times 15 congressmen from New Jersey voted differently in the House of Representatives on 19 environmental bills. Abstentions are not recorded.

Source

H. C. Romesburg (1984), Cluster Analysis for Researchers. Lifetime Learning Publications, Belmont, Canada.

Examples

  data("voting", package = "HSAUR")
  require("MASS")
  voting_mds <- isoMDS(voting)
  plot(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2],
       type = "n", xlab = "Coordinate 1", ylab = "Coordinate 2",
       xlim = range(voting_mds$points[,1])*1.2)
  text(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2], 
       labels = colnames(voting))
  voting_sh <- Shepard(voting[lower.tri(voting)], voting_mds$points)

Results

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> library(HSAUR)
Loading required package: tools
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/HSAUR/voting.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: voting
> ### Title: House of Representatives Voting Data
> ### Aliases: voting
> ### Keywords: datasets
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
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>   data("voting", package = "HSAUR")
>   require("MASS")
Loading required package: MASS
>   voting_mds <- isoMDS(voting)
initial  value 15.268246 
iter   5 value 10.264075
final  value 9.879047 
converged
>   plot(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2],
+        type = "n", xlab = "Coordinate 1", ylab = "Coordinate 2",
+        xlim = range(voting_mds$points[,1])*1.2)
>   text(voting_mds$points[,1], voting_mds$points[,2], 
+        labels = colnames(voting))
>   voting_sh <- Shepard(voting[lower.tri(voting)], voting_mds$points)
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> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
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