\name{presidents} \docType{data} \alias{presidents} \title{Quarterly Approval Ratings of US Presidents} \description{ The (approximately) quarterly approval rating for the President of the United states from the first quarter of 1945 to the last quarter of 1974. } \usage{presidents} \format{ A time series of 120 values. } \source{ The Gallup Organisation. } \details{ The data are actually a fudged version of the approval ratings. See McNeil's book for details. } \references{ McNeil, D. R. (1977) \emph{Interactive Data Analysis}. New York: Wiley. } \examples{ plot(presidents, las = 1, ylab = "Approval rating (\%)", main = "presidents data") } \keyword{datasets}