apprentice {GLMsData}

Apprentice migration to Edinburgh

Description

The number of apprentices migrating to Edinburgh

Usage

data(apprentice)

Format

A data frame with 33 observations on the following 5 variables.

Dist

the distance from Edinburgh (unit unknown, presumably miles); a numeric vector

Apps

the number of apprentices moving to Edinburgh from the given county (given in row labels); a numeric vector

Pop

the population (in thousands) of the given county; a numeric vector

Urban

the degree of urbanization as measured by the percentage of the population living in urban settlements; a numeric vector

Locn

the location of the county relative to Edinburgh; a factor with levels North, South and West

Details

The data record the number of apprentices moving to Edinburgh between 1775 and 1799 from other Scottish counties.

Source

Andrew Lovett and Robin Flowerdew (1989) Analysis of count data using Poisson regression. Professional Geographer, 41(2), 190–198.

Examples

data(apprentice)
summary(apprentice)