Political Analysis Using R
Political Analysis Using R can serve as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate students as well as a manual for independent researchers. It is unique among competitor books in its usage of 21 example datasets that are all drawn from political research.
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James E. Monogan III
Political Analysis Using R
Use R! Series Editors: Robert Gentleman
Kurt Hornik
Giovanni Parmigiani
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6991
James E. Monogan III
Political Analysis Using R
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James E. Monogan III Department of Political Science University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA
ISSN 2197-5736 ISSN 2197-5744 (electronic) Use R! ISBN 978-3-319-23445-8 ISBN 978-3-319-23446-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23446-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015955143 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)
This book is dedicated to my father and mother, two of the finest programmers I know.
Preface
The purpose of this volume is twofold: to help readers who are new to political research to learn the basics of how to use R and to provide details to intermediate R users about techniques they may not have used before. R has become prominent in political research because it is free, easily incorporates user-written packages, and offers user flexibility in creating unique solutions to complex problems. All of the examples in this book are drawn from various subfields in Political Science, with data drawn from American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. The datasets come from the types of sources common to political and social research, such as surveys, election returns, legislative roll call votes, nonprofit organizations’ assessments of practices across countries, and field experiments. Of course, while the examples are drawn from Political Science, all of the techniques described are valid for any discipline. Therefore, this book is appropriate for anyone who wants to use R for social or political research. All of the example and
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