values
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Universalistic vs. particularistic values (sample data)
Dichotomous survey responses from 216 respondents to four questions (A, B, C, D) measuring tendencies towards "universalistic" or "particularistic" values. This data set appears in Goodman (2002, p. 14) as Table 4, and previously appeared in Goodman (1974) and Stouffer and Toby (1951).
carcinoma
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Diagnoses of carcinoma (sample data)
Dichotomous ratings by seven pathologists of 118 slides for the presence or absence of carcinoma in the uterine cervix. Pathologists are labeled A through G. There were 20 different observed response patterns. This data set appears in Agresti (2002, p. 542) as Table 13.1.
Survey data from the 2000 American National Election Study. Two sets of six questions with four responses each, asking respondents' opinions of how well various traits (moral, caring, knowledgable, good leader, dishonest, intelligent) describe presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. The responses are (1) Extremely well; (2) Quite well; (3) Not too well; (4) Not well at all. Many respondents have varying numbers of missing values on these variables.
gss82
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1982 General Social Survey (sample data)
Attitudes towards survey taking across two dichotomous and two trichotomous items among 1202 white respondents to the 1982 General Social Survey. Respondents give their opinion of the purpose of surveys (PURPOSE; good/depends/waste of time and money), the accuracy of surveys (ACCURACY; mostly true/not true), their understanding of survey questions (UNDERSTA; good/fair, poor), and how well they cooperated with the interviewer (COOPERAT; interested/cooperative/impatient, hostile). This data set appears in McCutcheon (1987, p. 30) as Table 3.1.