Data Case Study 5

Data Case Study 5#

Take a look at the landing page for the dataset:
David Leip: Atlas of the U.S. Presidential Elections
https://doi.org/10.60503/D3/HDZ6RW

image of elections atlas

With the information shown above, and using the link provided, answer the following questions:

Background#

Questions

  1. Why was the data collected?

  2. What are the limitations of the data?

Publisher / Host#

Questions

  1. Where is the data hosted?

  2. Is there a theme or subject focus to the repository?

  3. What other types of data would you expect to find there?

  4. What does the following file tell you about the data?

Citation#

Questions

  1. How would you cite the data?

  2. Is there an example or recommendation?

Result

Leip, David. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. http://uselectionatlas.org (date accessed).

Licensing#

Questions

  1. Are you allowed to reuse this dataset?

  2. How do you know?

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