Draft#

Results of the draft lottery held December 1, 1969 to determine the order in which young men would be drafted in 1970 for service in the Vietnam war.

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Initialization#

library(fosdata)
data <- fosdata::draft

Accessing fields#

data <- fosdata::draft
DayofYear <- data$DayofYear # Just a random field in the dataset

Interactive R Sample#

You can use the R editor below to interactively explore the dataset and generate plots. This contains a fully self-contained R environment with fosdata, ggplot2, and dplyr loaded.

webR + fosdata Test

Console

Plot

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LLM instructions#

If using an LLM, you can copy-paste the following instructions to accompany your prompt to inform the model of the fields and their types in the dataset.

LLM Instructions

The fosdata::draft dataset containing the following fields:

fields[5]{name,type,values}:
  Day,numeric,n/a
  Month,factor,n/a
  MonthNo,numeric,n/a
  DayofYear,numeric,n/a
  DraftNo,numeric,n/a

Fields#

Name	Description	Type	Min	Max	Values
`Day`	Day of the month.	numeric	1	31	-
`Month`	Month abbreviation.	factor	-	-	-
`MonthNo`	Month number 1-12.	numeric	1	12	-
`DayofYear`	Day of year from 1-366.	numeric	1	366	-
`DraftNo`	Draft number from 1-366. Lowest numbers were drafted first.	numeric	1	366	-

Source#

United States Government Selective Service System. https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries/