sc9497                 package:pscl                 R Documentation

_v_o_t_e_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _U_n_i_t_e_d _S_t_a_t_e_s _S_u_p_r_e_m_e _C_o_u_r_t, _f_r_o_m _1_9_9_4-_1_9_9_7

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set provides information on the United States Supreme
     Court from 1994-1997.  Votes included are non-unanimous.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(sc9497)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A list containing the elements:

     _v_o_t_e_s a matrix of the votes, 0=Nay, 1=Yea, 'NA'=Abstained or
          missing data.  The matrix columns are labeled with
          'vote.names' and the rows are labeled with 'legis.names'.

     _l_e_g_i_s._n_a_m_e_s a vector of the names of the nine Justices sitting on
          the court at this time.

     _p_a_r_t_y NULL; exists for consistency with House and Senate data
          sets.

     _s_t_a_t_e NULL; exists for consistency with House and Senate data
          sets.

     _d_i_s_t_r_i_c_t NULL; exists for consistency with House data sets.

     _i_d NULL; exists for consistency with House and Senate data sets.

     _v_o_t_e._n_a_m_e_s a vector of strings numbering the cases simply to
          distinguish them from one another.

     _d_e_s_c a description of the data set.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Harold J. Spaeth (1999). _United States Supreme Court Judicial
     Database, 1953-1997 Terms_.  Ninth edition.  Inter-university
     Consortium for  Political and Social Research.  Ann Arbor,
     Michigan.  <URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/>

