Package 'smss'

Data from Agresti "Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences"

Description

Data-only package with the datasets used by the textbook, Statististical Methods for the Social Sciences by Alan Agresti and Barbara Finlay.

• Agresti, Alan and Barbara Finlay (2009), Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 4th ed., Pearson

• Agresti, Alan and Barbara Finlay (1997), Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 3rd ed., Pearson

The datasets included in this package are those avaialable at http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html.

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Anorexia Study data

Description

Weights of Anorexic girls, before and after receiving one of three possible therapies. Thanks to Prof. Brian Everitt, Institute of Psychiatry, London, for supplying these data.

Format

data.frame with 72 observations of the following 4 variables,

subj

Subject ID

therapy

Therapy type. b = cognitive behavioural, f = family therapy, or c = control.

before

Weight before treatment

after

Weight after treatment

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(anorexia)
summary(anorexia)

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Birth Rate Data

Description

Birth rates of several nations. Table 9.13 of 3rd edition.

Format

data.frame with 29 observations of the following 10 variables,

B

crude birth rate (number of births per 1000 population size)

W

women's economic activity (female labor force as percent of male)

C

percent women using contraception

LI

female adult literacy rate

LE

female life expectancy

HDI

human development index (which has components referring to life expectancy at birth, educational attainment, and income per capita)

GNP

gross national product (per capita, in thousands of dollars)

N

daily newspaper circulation per 100 people

T

number of televisions per 100 people.

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(birth.rates)
summary(birth.rates)

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2005 Statewise Crime

Description

Data from the Statistical Abstract of the United States

Format

data.frame with 51 observations of the following 8 variables,

STATE

U.S. state

VI

violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 100,000 population)

VI2

violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 10,000 population)

MU

murder rate

ME

percent in metropolitan areas

WH

percent white

HS

percent high school graduates

PO

percent below the poverty level.

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(crime2005)
summary(crime2005)

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Fertility and GDP Data

Description

Table 14.6 from the 4th edition.

Format

A data.frame with 38 observations on the following 3 variables,

Nation

nation

Fertility

Fertility rate

GDP

GDP per capita

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(fertility.gdp)
summary(fertility.gdp)

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Florida Crime Data

Description

Crime data for florida counties. Table 9.16 or 9.17 from the 4th edition. Source: Dr. Larry Winner, University of Florida.

Format

data.frame with 67 observations of the following 5 variables,

County

county name

C

crime rate

I

median income

HS

percent completing high school

U

percent urban

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(fl.crime)
summary(fl.crime)

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House Selling Price Data

Description

Selling price of homes in Gainesville, Florida, fall 2006, from Alachua County public records. Excerpt in Table 9.4 of 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 100 observations of the following 7 variables,

case

observation id

Baths

number of bathrooms

New

whether new (1 = yes, 0 = no)

Price

selling price (dollars)

Size

size of home (square feet)

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(house.selling.price)
summary(house.selling.price)

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House Selling Price 2 Data

Description

Selling price of homes in Gainesville, Florida, January 1996. Table 9.4 in 3rd edition. Data provided by Jane Myers, Coldwell-Banker Realty.

Format

data.frame with 93 observations of the following 5 variables,

P

selling price

Ba

number of bathrooms

New

whether new (1 = yes, 0 = no)

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(house.selling.price.2)
summary(house.selling.price.2)

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Income, Education and Race Data

Description

Data on annual income, number of years of eduction, and racial-ethnic group (Black, Hispanic, White). Table 13.1 of 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 80 observations of the following 5 variables,

inc

income (thousands of dollars)

educ

number of years of education (where 12 = high school graduate, 16 = college graduate)

race

racial-ethnic group (b=Black, h=Hispanic, w=White)

z1

racial group (1=black, 0=white)

z2

ethnic group (1=Hispanic, 0=non-Hispanic)

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(inc.ed.race.13p1)
summary(inc.ed.race.13p1)

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Income and Credit Card Possession Data

Description

Data on annual income (euros), number of subjects at that income level, and number possessing##' a travel credit card. Source: Based on data in "Categorical Data Analysis," Quaderni del Corso Estivo di Statistica e Calcolo delle Probabilita;, n. 4., Istituto di Metodi Quantitativi, Universita; Luigi Bocconi, a cura di R. Piccarreta (1993). Table 15.1 of 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 24 observations of the following 3 variables,

Income

annual income (euros)

n

number of subjects

credit

number possessing a credit card

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(income.credit)
summary(income.credit)

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Mental Impairment Data

Description

Data from a study in Alachua County, Florida on between mental health. Source A. Charles Holzer. See Table 11.1 of the 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 40 observations of the following 3 variables,

impair

Mental impairment

life

Life events score

ses

Social economic status

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(mental.impairment)
summary(mental.impairment)

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OECD Data

Description

The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) is an international organized that consists of developed countries. This dataset has UN data on OECD countries.

See Table 3.11 and Exercise 3.6.

Format

data.frame with 23 observations of the following 9 variables,

nation

Country name

GDP

GDP per capita (in US dollars)

Unemploy

Percent unemployed

Inequal

A measure of inequality that compares the wealth of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%

Health

Public expenditure on health (as a percent of GDP)

Phys

Number of physicians per 100,000 people

CO2

Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita, in metric tons)

Parlia

The percentage of seats in parliament held by women.

FemEcon

Female economic activity as a percentage of the male rate

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(oecd.data)
summary(oecd.data)

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Statewide Crime 2

Description

The data are from Statistical Abstract of the United States and most variables were measured in 1993. Table 9.1 of the 3rd edition, and some appear in Table 9.1 of the 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 51 observations of the following 8 variables,

State

U.S. State

VR

violent crime rate (per 100,000 people in population)

MR

murder rate (per 100,000 people in population)

M

percent in metropolitan areas

W

percent white

H

percent high school graduates

P

percent with income below the poverty level

S

percent of families headed by a single parent.

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(statewide.crime.2)
summary(statewide.crime.2)

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Student Survey data

Description

This data file consists of responses of graduate students in the social sciences enrolled in STA 6126 in a recent term at the University of Florida.

Format

data.frame with 60 observations of the following 18 variables,

GE

gender

AG

age in years

HI

high school GPA (on a four-point scale)

CO

college GPA

DH

distance (in miles) of the campus from your home town

DR

distance (in miles) of the classroom from your current residence

TV

average number of hours per week that you watch TV

SP

average number of hours per week that you participate in sports or have other physical exercise

NE

number of times a week you read a newspaper

AH

number of people you know who have died from AIDS or who are HIV+

VE

whether you are a vegetarian

PA

political affiliation (d = Democrat, r = Republican, i = independent)

PI

political ideology

RE

how often you attend religious services

AB

opinion about whether abortion should be legal in the first three months of pregnancy

AA

support affirmative action

LD

belief in life after death

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(student.survey)
summary(student.survey)

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Data from 2005 UN Human Development Report.

Description

These data are from the Human Development report of 2005. Note however that the values given are from 2003 except for CO2 which is 2002.

Table 9.13 in the 4th Edition.

Format

data.frame with 39 observations of the following 11 variables,

HDI

HDI value

Fert

Total Fertility rate (births/woman)

Cont

Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)

Cell

Cellular subscribers (per 1000 people)

Inter

Internet users (per 1000 people)

GDP

GDP per capita (US$)

CO2

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (metric tons)

Life

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Liter

Adult literacy rate (female rate % ages 15 and above)

FemEc

Female economic activity rate (% of male rate, ages 15 and above)

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(UNdata)
summary(UNdata)

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U.S. Population Size Data

Description

US population size by decade. Table 14.8 of 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 12 observations of the following 2 variables,

decade

Decade (0=1890, 11=2000)

population

Population (millions)

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(us.pop.size)
summary(us.pop.size)

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Zagat restraunt rating of Italian Restraunts Data

Description

Zagat restraunt rating of Italian Restraunts Data. Examples 3.59, 3.60, and 9.38 of 4th edition.

Format

data.frame with 193 observations of the following 6 variables,

City

City

Restaurant

Restaurant

Food

Food

Decor

Decor

Service

Service

Cost

Cost

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(zagat)
summary(zagat)

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