voting {HSAUR} | R Documentation

## 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)

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