Name: Comma Usage And Grammar Opinions Survey Dataset
Creator: FiveThirtyEight
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About this Dataset

Comma Usage And Grammar Opinions Survey Dataset

This dataset contains responses from a FiveThirtyEight survey exploring people's opinions on grammar, punctuation preferences (including the controversial Oxford comma), and related language usage.

The survey includes questions about attitudes toward grammar correctness, the pluralization of 'data', and demographic information about respondents such as age, gender, income, education, and geographic region.

Tables

Grammar And Oxford Comma Survey Results

@fivethirtyeight.comma_survey.comma_survey

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1,129 rows
13 columns

CREATE TABLE comma_survey (
  "respondentid" BIGINT,
  "in_your_opinion_which_sentence_is_more_gramatically_correct" VARCHAR  -- In Your Opinion, Which Sentence Is More Gramatically Correct?,
  "prior_to_reading_about_it_above_had_you_heard_of_the_s_a208aebe" VARCHAR  -- Prior To Reading About It Above, Had You Heard Of The Serial (or Oxford) Comma?,
  "how_much_if_at_all_do_you_care_about_the_use_or_lack_t_a031717a" VARCHAR  -- How Much, If At All, Do You Care About The Use (or Lack Thereof) Of The Serial (or Oxford) Comma In Grammar?,
  "how_would_you_write_the_following_sentence" VARCHAR  -- How Would You Write The Following Sentence?,
  "when_faced_with_using_the_word_have_you_ever_spent_tim_97261b73" VARCHAR  -- When Faced With Using The Word "data", Have You Ever Spent Time Considering If The Word Was A Singular Or Plural Noun?,
  "how_much_if_at_all_do_you_care_about_the_debate_over_t_969ebaaa" VARCHAR  -- How Much, If At All, Do You Care About The Debate Over The Use Of The Word "data" As A Singluar Or Plural Noun?,
  "in_your_opinion_how_important_or_unimportant_is_proper_5c1e1043" VARCHAR  -- In Your Opinion, How Important Or Unimportant Is Proper Use Of Grammar?,
  "gender" VARCHAR,
  "age" VARCHAR,
  "household_income" VARCHAR,
  "education" VARCHAR,
  "location_census_region" VARCHAR  -- Location (Census Region)
);