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Load and validate electoral data from Excel

load_and_validate.Rd

Loads all necessary data from an Excel file with multiple sheets, validates it, and returns input data in a list.

Usage

load_and_validate(input_path, uncertainty_method, strategy, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

input_path

Path to input Excel file

uncertainty_method

Type of input data: "mcmc" or "bootstrap"

strategy

Modeling strategy: "top_down" or "bottom_up"

verbose

Show progress messages (default TRUE)

Value

List with all validated input data

Details

Required sheets in Excel:

  • partidos: party codes for recuerdo and IDV

  • mt_simplificada: transfer matrices with 'N' row

  • patrones: historical patterns by province

  • anteriores_elecciones: previous electoral results

  • n_diputados: seats per province

  • retoques: manual adjustments (optional)

  • small_parties: small parties (optional)

See also

Other data-functions: draw_mt(), validate_input_data()