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Overview

The data consist of the number of requests Google received for user account information as part of criminal investigations in the first half of 2011, the rate of compliance, and some other indicators on the countries.

Variables

• country: Name of country.
• compiled: Percentage of requests Google complied with.
• requests: Number of requests Google received for user account information as part of criminal investigations.
• pop: Population in country, in thousands.
• hdi: Human development index, a composite measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living on a scale of 0 (least developed) to 1 (most developed).
• dem: Democracy index, categorized into full democracies, flawed democracies, and hybrid regimes.
• internet: Percentage of internet users in country.
• freepress: Free press index, scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free).

Data Source

Çetinkaya-Rundel M, Stangl D, and Lock Morgan K. 2012. Exploring Google's Transparency Report. CHANCE; 25(2). Original data: Google's Transparency Report.

Loading Data

CSV Download

To access the data in R, type

goog <- read.csv("http://www.openintro.org/books/statdata/goog.csv")

To access the data in SAS, type

filename goog url 'http://www.openintro.org/books/statdata/goog.csv'