Bayesian Workflow book: Exercises

Data files for exercises

This page lists data files used in the exercises that are not already provided in the case study directories. Exercise datasets that are included with case studies are not repeated here.

Chapter 5

• Monks.csv: “Like” and “dislike” nominations by 18 monks over three time periods. Sampson, S. F. (1968). “A novitiate in a period of change: An experimental and case study of relationships.” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Sociology, Cornell University.

Chapter 6

• 2008ElectionResult.csv: 2008 U.S. election results; downloaded from sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/bda.course/2008ElectionResult.csv.
• BMJSubmissions.csv: Information on papers submitted to the British Medical Journal.
• pew_research_center_june_elect_wknd_data.dta: Pew Research Center polling data from the 2008 election campaign; downloaded from stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/bda.course/pew_research_center_june_elect_wknd_data.dta.
• cdc/: CDC data bundle directory used in Chapter 6 exercises; downloaded from stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/bda.course/cdc.zip.

Chapter 7

• Achehunting.csv: Data on 14,364 hunting trips by 147 Aché men in Paraguay.
• incentives_data_clean.txt: Data from the Singer et al. paper on survey incentives; downloaded from sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/bda.course/incentives_data_clean.txt.

Chapter 8

• nba2023.txt: Data from teamratings.com and bleacherreport.com as of 27 Dec 2023, win totals odds from 19 Dec 2020 (Fanduel odds from www.thelines.com/odds/nba/win-totals/), and schedule strength from powerrankingsguru.com/nba/strength-of-schedule.php.

Chapter 11

• naes04.csv: Data from the 2004 National Annenberg Election Survey; downloaded from sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/bda.course/naes04.csv.

Chapter 13

• cd4.csv: CD4 percentages for a set of young children with HIV measured several times over two years; downloaded from sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/bda.course/cd4.csv.

Chapter 25

• pga-tour-2024.rds: Anonymized data for the 2024 PGA Tour golf season. Data courtesy of PGA TOUR ShotLink System.
• StrokeExportDefinitions.pdf: Data dictionary for the golf data. Data courtesy of PGA TOUR ShotLink System.
• Code to extract putting data

Chapter 27

• US-2000-2014-SSA.txt: U.S. births per day (2000-2014) from the Social Security Administration.
• clean_cdc_birth_data.csv: U.S. births per day (1994-2003) from the CDC.
• Note: Data for 1969-1988 is in the case-study directory birthdays/data.

For the CDC data, see:

• 1994: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t941x16.pdf
• 1995: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/natfinal1995annvol1_16.pdf
• 1996: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/natfinal1996.annvol1_16.pdf
• 1997: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t1x1697.pdf
• 1998: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t981x16.pdf
• 1999: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t991x16.pdf
• 2000: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t001x16.pdf
• 2001: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/natfinal2001.annvol1_16.pdf
• 2002: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/natfinal2002.annvol1_16.pdf
• 2003: cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/natfinal2003.annvol1_16.pdf