MAJORITY: Stata module for majority calculations for real or hypothetical elections

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Abstract: majority reports on voting in real or hypothetical elections. The "votes" cast are summarized as being "positive" or "negative" and the difference between these is reported. There are two syntaxes. The first is for a long data structure in which votes are recorded in a single variable. The second is for a wide data structure in which votes are recorded in two or more variables.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: categorical data; ordinal data; elections; hanging chads (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06-03
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install majority". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/majority.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/majority.hlp help file (text/plain)

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