Datasets for Statistical Analysis

British election candidates

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Description:

The data give the number of male and females candidates in the British general election held April 9, 1992.
There are 55 rows of data for four variables.

Variables:

Region	The region; one of SouthEast, SouthWest, GreaterLondon, EastAnglia, EastMidlands, Wales, Scotland, WestMidlands, YorksHumbers, NorthWest or North
Party	The political party; one of Cons (Conservatives), Labour (Labour Party), LibDem (Liberal Democrats), Green (Green Party) or Others
Females	The number of female candidates
Males	The number of male candidates

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Hand et al. Dataset 374.

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References:

The Independent, Friday 27th March, 1992.