immig {prefmod}

Data (paired comparisons with undecided and forced NAs): Negative Attitudes towards Immigrants

Description

A survey of 98 students was carried out to examine student's (negative) attitudes towards immigrants. Four statements had to be compared with regard to higher acceptance. The four statements were

• Foreigners increase crime rates (crimRate)

• Foreigners take apprenticeship training position away (position)

• Foreigners are a strain for the social welfare system (socBurd)

• Foreigners threaten our culture (culture)

The first 6 variables in the dataset indicate the preferences of the students. For a given comparison the responses are coded by 1 if the first item was preferred, -1 if the second university was preferred and 0 if no decision was made. The variable ENG characterises the knowledge of English and the variable SEX characterises the gender.

Usage

immig

Format

A data frame with 98 observations on the following 9 variables.

V12

crimRate vs. position

V13

crimRate vs. socBurd

V23

position vs. socBurd

V14

crimRate vs. culture

V24

position vs. culture

V34

socBurd vs. culture

SEX

Gender: (1) male, (2) female

AGE

Age (continuous)

NAT

Nationality (Factor). Cannot directly be used in prefmod

References

Weber, D., & Hatzinger, R. (2011). A novel approach for modelling paired comparisons data with non-ignorable missing values on students' attitudes towards foreigners. Data Analysis Bulletin, 12, 11–22.

Examples

summary(immig)