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bias.resp, or svsum: Determine partisan bias and responsiveness

The output is a table containing the estimates and errors for four quantities: Partisan bias at an even vote, both instantaneous and averaged over a 10-point swing, and responsiveness at the midpoint and the observed vote percentage.

Example:

bias.resp(j.ob,year=1976)

will output those properties for the election held in 1976. (This assumes that the judgeit object j.ob is specified to include the calendar years of each election.)



Gary King 2010-08-31