% 1. Title: 1984 United States Congressional Voting Records Database% % 2. Source Information:%     (a) Source:  Congressional Quarterly Almanac, 98th Congress, %                  2nd session 1984, Volume XL: Congressional Quarterly Inc. %                  Washington, D.C., 1985.%     (b) Donor: Jeff Schlimmer (Jeffrey.Schlimmer@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu)%     (c) Date: 27 April 1987 % % 3. Past Usage%    - Publications%      1. Schlimmer, J. C. (1987).  Concept acquisition through %         representational adjustment.  Doctoral dissertation, Department of %         Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA.%         -- Results: about 90%-95% accuracy appears to be STAGGER's asymptote%      - Predicted attribute: party affiliation (2 classes)% % 4. Relevant Information:%       This data set includes votes for each of the U.S. House of%       Representatives Congressmen on the 16 key votes identified by the%       CQA.  The CQA lists nine different types of votes: voted for, paired%       for, and announced for (these three simplified to yea), voted%       against, paired against, and announced against (these three%       simplified to nay), voted present, voted present to avoid conflict%       of interest, and did not vote or otherwise make a position known%       (these three simplified to an unknown disposition).% % 5. Number of Instances: 435 (267 democrats, 168 republicans)% % 6. Number of Attributes: 16 + class name = 17 (all Boolean valued)% % 7. Attribute Information:%    1. Class Name: 2 (democrat, republican)%    2. handicapped-infants: 2 (y,n)%    3. water-project-cost-sharing: 2 (y,n)%    4. adoption-of-the-budget-resolution: 2 (y,n)%    5. physician-fee-freeze: 2 (y,n)%    6. el-salvador-aid: 2 (y,n)%    7. religious-groups-in-schools: 2 (y,n)%    8. anti-satellite-test-ban: 2 (y,n)%    9. aid-to-nicaraguan-contras: 2 (y,n)%   10. mx-missile: 2 (y,n)%   11. immigration: 2 (y,n)%   12. synfuels-corporation-cutback: 2 (y,n)%   13. education-spending: 2 (y,n)%   14. superfund-right-to-sue: 2 (y,n)%   15. crime: 2 (y,n)%   16. duty-free-exports: 2 (y,n)%   17. export-administration-act-south-africa: 2 (y,n)% % 8. Missing Attribute Values: Denoted by "?"% %    NOTE: It is important to recognize that "?" in this database does %          not mean that the value of the attribute is unknown.  It %          means simply, that the value is not "yea" or "nay" (see %          "Relevant Information" section above).% %    Attribute:  #Missing Values:%            1:  0%            2:  0%            3:  12%            4:  48%            5:  11%            6:  11%            7:  15%            8:  11%            9:  14%           10:  15%           11:  22%           12:  7%           13:  21%           14:  31%           15:  25%           16:  17%           17:  28% % 9. Class Distribution: (2 classes)%    1. 45.2 percent are democrat%    2. 54.8 percent are republican% % Class predictiveness and predictability: Pr(C|A=V) and Pr(A=V|C)%  Attribute 1: (A = handicapped-infants)%   0.91;  1.21  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.09;  0.10  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.43;  0.38  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.57;  0.41  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.75;  0.03  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.25;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 2: (A = water-project-cost-sharing)%   0.62;  0.45  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.38;  0.23  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.62;  0.45  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.38;  0.23  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.58;  0.10  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.42;  0.06  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 3: (A = adoption-of-the-budget-resolution)%   0.91;  0.87  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.09;  0.07  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.17;  0.11  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.83;  0.44  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.64;  0.03  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.36;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 4: (A = physician-fee-freeze)%   0.08;  0.05  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.92;  0.50  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.99;  0.92  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.01;  0.01  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.73;  0.03  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.27;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 5: (A = el-salvador-aid)%   0.26;  0.21  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.74;  0.48  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.96;  0.75  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.04;  0.02  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.80;  0.04  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.20;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 6: (A = religious-groups-in-schools)%   0.45;  0.46  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.55;  0.46  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.89;  0.51  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.11;  0.05  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.82;  0.03  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.18;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 7: (A = anti-satellite-test-ban)%   0.84;  0.75  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.16;  0.12  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.32;  0.22  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.68;  0.38  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.57;  0.03  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.43;  0.02  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 8: (A = aid-to-nicaraguan-contras)%   0.90;  0.82  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.10;  0.07  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.25;  0.17  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.75;  0.41  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.27;  0.01  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.73;  0.03  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 9: (A = mx-missile)%   0.91;  0.70  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.09;  0.06  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.29;  0.22  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.71;  0.45  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.86;  0.07  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.14;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 10: (A = immigration)%   0.57;  0.46  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.43;  0.28  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.66;  0.52  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.34;  0.23  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.57;  0.01  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.43;  0.01  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 11: (A = synfuels-corporation-cutback)%   0.86;  0.48  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.14;  0.06  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.48;  0.47  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.52;  0.43  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.57;  0.04  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.43;  0.03  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 12: (A = education-spending)%   0.21;  0.13  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.79;  0.42  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.91;  0.80  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.09;  0.06  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.58;  0.07  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.42;  0.04  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 13: (A = superfund-right-to-sue)%   0.35;  0.27  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.65;  0.42  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.89;  0.67  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.11;  0.07  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.60;  0.06  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.40;  0.03  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 14: (A = crime)%   0.36;  0.34  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.64;  0.49  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.98;  0.63  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.02;  0.01  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.59;  0.04  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.41;  0.02  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 15: (A = duty-free-exports)%   0.92;  0.60  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.08;  0.04  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.39;  0.34  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.61;  0.44  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.57;  0.06  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.43;  0.04  (C=republican; V=?)%  Attribute 16: (A = export-administration-act-south-africa)%   0.64;  0.65  (C=democrat; V=y)%   0.36;  0.30  (C=republican; V=y)%   0.19;  0.04  (C=democrat; V=n)%   0.81;  0.15  (C=republican; V=n)%   0.79;  0.31  (C=democrat; V=?)%   0.21;  0.07  (C=republican; V=?)% @relation vote@attribute 'handicapped-infants' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'water-project-cost-sharing' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'adoption-of-the-budget-resolution' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'physician-fee-freeze' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'el-salvador-aid' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'religious-groups-in-schools' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'anti-satellite-test-ban' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'aid-to-nicaraguan-contras' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'mx-missile' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'immigration' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'synfuels-corporation-cutback' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'education-spending' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'superfund-right-to-sue' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'crime' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'duty-free-exports' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'export-administration-act-south-africa' { 'n', 'y'}@attribute 'Class' { 'democrat', 'republican'}@data'n','y','n','y','y','y','n','n','n','y',?,'y','y','y','n','y','republican''n','y','n','y','y','y','n','n','n','n','n','y','y','y','n',?,'republican'?,'y','y',?,'y','y','n','n','n','n','y','n','y','y','n','n','democrat''n','y','y','n',?,'y','n','n','n','n','y','n','y','n','n','y','democrat''y','y','y','n','y','y','n','n','n','n','y',?,'y','y','y','y','democrat'