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middlearth is a toy dataset consisting of 1691 fake survey interviews conducted in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle Earth.

Details

Variables contained in the data:

  • code: one of the outcome codes I, P, R, NC, O, UH, UO, UH, UO, NE

  • outcome: A human-interpretable label for the code variable

  • researcher: An identifier for the researcher conducting the interview

  • region: The region of the respondent (one of five)

  • Q1: A hypothetical binary research question posed to respondents

  • Q2: A hypothetical continuous scale question posed to respondents

  • day: The day the interview took place (1 being the first day of fieldwork)

  • race: The race of the respondent in middle earth (Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, Man, or Wizard)

  • svywt: The survey weight (inverse probability of selection)