TeachingDemos (version 2.8)

ldsgrowth: Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Description

Data on the Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the Mormon church (http://www.mormon.org)).

Usage

data(ldsgrowth)

source

Deseret News 2010 Church News Almanac

Details

The data comes from the church records and are as of December 31st of each year. The church was officially organized on 6 April 1830 (hence the starting year of 1830). The Missionaries column represents the number of missionaries called each year. Missionaries generally serve for about 2 years.

Examples

data(ldsgrowth)
with(ldsgrowth, plot(Year, log(Members)))