# Explore contents of dataset and variable in dataset
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library("poliscidata")
# You need to load the poliscidata package each time at the start of each session/script.
# You should also always set a working directory, but this demo script is running on a remote server.
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# Commands to explore an object, such as the NES dataset
cat("Number of rows in NES dataset:\n")
nrow(nes)
cat("\n\nNumber of columns in NES dataset:\n")
ncol(nes)
cat("\n\nDimensions of the NES dataset:\n")
dim(nes)
# Look at info recorded in the first row of the NES dataset.
# These responses come from one of the people who participated in the NES survey.
# To make it easier to read, we can transpose the row into a column with the t() function.
cat("\n\nValues recorded in NES dataset, row 1:\n")
t(nes[1,])
