Function reference • rdb

Referendum data

rfrnds(): Get referendum data

rfrnd(): Get a single referendum's data

download_file_attachment(): Download file attachment

add_rfrnds(): Add new referendums to the RDB

edit_rfrnds(): Edit existing referendums in the RDB

delete_rfrnds(): Delete referendums in the RDB

validate_rfrnds(): Validate referendum data

count_rfrnds(): Count number of referendums

search_rfrnds(): Search in English referendum titles

rfrnd_exists(): Test if referendum ID exists

assert_vars(): Assert referendum variables are present

Referendum metadata

data_codebook: RDB Codebook

val_lbls(): Get set of possible value labels of referendum data variable

val_scale(): Get value scale of referendum data variables

var_vals(): Get set of possible values of referendum data variable

var_name_unnested(): Get unnested variable names

prettify_var_names(): Prettify referendum data variable names

Referendum topics

Functions to work with referendum topics.

data_topics: Topic hierarchy

topics(): List available topics

hierarchize_topics(): Hierarchize topics

hierarchize_topics_fast(): Hierarchize topics (fast)

infer_topics(): Infer higher-tier topics

Augmentation

Functions to augment the RDB referendum data by additional information (columns).

add_former_country_flag(): Add is_former_country flag to referendum data

add_country_code_continual(): Add continual country code to referendum data

add_country_code_long(): Add long country code to referendum data

add_country_name(): Add short country name to referendum data

add_country_name_long(): Add long country name to referendum data

add_period(): Add period to referendum data

add_turnout(): Add turnout to referendum data

add_world_regions(): Add UN world regions to referendum data

add_urls(): Add various URLs to referendum data

Transformation

Functions to transform the RDB referendum data into other shapes, each with a specific purpose.

as_ballot_dates(): Transform to ballot-date-level observations

unnest_var(): Unnest multi-value variable

n_rfrnds(): Count number of referendums

n_rfrnds_per_period(): Count number of referendums per period

prettify_col_names(): Prettify referendum data column names

Visualization

Functions to visualize the RDB referendum data (using plotly).

plot_rfrnd_share_per_period(): Referendum share per period stacked area chart

plot_topic_segmentation(): Topic segmentation sunburst chart

plot_topic_share_per_period(): Topic share per period stacked area chart

ggplot_streamgraph(): Period streamgraph

Tabulation

Functions to create analyses in tabular form (using gt tables).

tbl_n_rfrnds(): Tabulate number of referendums

tbl_n_rfrnds_per_period(): Tabulate number of referendums per period

sudd.ch scraping

Functions to scrape the data from the sudd.ch database.

list_sudd_territories(): List referendum territories from sudd.ch

list_sudd_titles(): List referendum titles from sudd.ch

list_sudd_rfrnds(): List referendum data from sudd.ch

sudd_rfrnds(): Get referendum data from sudd.ch

Miscellaneous

is_online(): Test RDB API availability

pkg_config: rdb package configuration metadata