house                 package:Zelig                 R Documentation

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

     This data set contains data on the 1984 and 1986 elections for the
     US House of Representatives.

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

     data(house)

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

     A table containing 12 variables and 320 observations.  Districts
     that  were uncontested were omitted from the final data.

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

     ICPSR

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Andrew Gelman and Gary King.  ``Estimating Incumbency Advantage
     Without  Bias.'' American Journal of Political Science 34 (1990),
     1142-1164.

     King, Gary.  ICPSR Publication Related Archive, 6311.

