R Dataset / Package Stat2Data / BritishUnions
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the BritishUnions data set which pertains to BritishUnions. The BritishUnions data set is found in the Stat2Data R package. You can load the BritishUnions data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("BritishUnions"). This will load the data into a variable called BritishUnions. If R says the BritishUnions data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("Stat2Data") 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 BritishUnions R data set. The size of this file is about 556 bytes.
BritishUnions
Description
Poll attitudes towards British trade unions
Format
A dataset with 17 observations on the following 7 variables.
Date | Month of the poll Aug-77 to Sep-79 |
AgreePct | Percent who agree (unions have too much power) |
DisagreePct | Percent who disagree |
NetSupport | DisagreePct-AgreePct |
Months | Months since August 1975 |
Late | 1 =after 1986 or 0 =before 1986 |
Unemployment | Unemployment rate |
Details
The British polling company Ipsos MORI conducted several opinion polls in the UK between 1975 and 1995 in which they asked whether people agree or disagree with the statement "Trade unions have too much power in Britain today".
Source
Data from the Ipsos MORI website athttp://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/poll.asp…
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.