R Dataset / Package Ecdat / Train

On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the Train data set which pertains to Stated Preferences for Train Traveling . The Train data set is found in the Ecdat R package. You can load the Train data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("Train"). This will load the data into a variable called Train. If R says the Train data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("Ecdat") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the Train R data set. The size of this file is about 121,747 bytes.

Stated Preferences for Train Traveling

Description

a cross-section from 1987

number of observations : 2929

observation : individuals

country : Netherland

Usage

data(Train)

Format

A dataframe containing :

id: individual identifier
choiceid: choice identifier
choice: one of choice1, choice2
pricez: price of proposition z (z=1,2) in cents of guilders
timez: travel time of proposition z (z=1,2) in minutes
comfortz: comfort of proposition z (z=1,2), 0, 1 or 2 in decreasing comfort order
changez: number of changes for proposition z (z=1,2)

Source

Meijer, Erik and Jan Rouwendal (2005) “Measuring welfare effects in models with random coefficients”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.

Ben–Akiva, M., D. Bolduc and M. Bradley (1993) “Estimation of travel choice models with randomly distributed values of time”, Transportation Research Record, 1413, 88–97.

Carson, R.T., L. Wilks and D. Imber (1994) “Valuing the preservation of Australia's Kakadu conservation zone”, Oxford Economic Papers, 46, 727–749.

References

Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive : http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/.

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