This data set is for discrete choice models and consists of the choice of commuting route to school: arterial, two-lane, or freeway. There were 151 Pennsylvania commuters who started from a residential complex in State College, PA, and commute to downtown State College.
data(demonchoice)This data frame contains 151 rows of individual choices and 9 columns. The following data dictionary describes each variable or column.
ChoiceThis is the route choice: four-lane arterial (35 MPH speed limit), two-lane highway (35 MPH speed limit, with one lane in each direction), or a limited-access four-lane freeway (55 MPH speed liimit.)
HH.IncomeThis is an ordinal variable of annual household income of the commuter in USD. There are four categories: 1 is less than 20,000 USD, 2 is 20,000-29,999 USD, 3 is 30,000-39,999 USD, and 4 is 40,000 USD or greater.
Vehicle.AgeThis is the age in years of the vehicle of the commuter.
Stop.Signs.ArterialThis is the number of stop signs along the arterial route.
Stop.Signs.Two.LaneThis is the number of stop signs along the two-lane route.
Stop.Signs.FreewayThis is the number of stop signs along the freeway route.
Distance.ArterialThis is distance in miles of the arterial route.
Distance.Two.LaneThis is the distance in miles of the two-lane route.
Distance.FreewayThis is the distance in miles of the freeway route.