vbdf {blocs}

Create a vbdf object

Description

Create a vbdf object holding bloc-level estimates of composition, turnout, and/or vote choice. This function is mostly for internal use, but you may want it to create a vbdf object from your own voting bloc analysis. A valid vbdf object can be used in [vb_difference] and [vb_plot].

Usage

vbdf(
  data,
  bloc_var,
  var_type = c("discrete", "continuous"),
  tolerance = sqrt(.Machine$double.eps)
)

Arguments

data

data.frame of voting-bloc results to convert to a vbdf object

bloc_var

string, the name of the variable that defines the voting blocs

var_type

string, the type of variable, discrete or continuous

tolerance

tolerance used when checking range of probability estimates

Value

A vbdf object.