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Developmental Services
Description
Funding for individuals by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS),
Format
A dataset with 1000 observations on the following 6 variables.
ID | ID code for subject |
AgeCohort | Age group (0-5, 6-12, 13-17, 18-21, 22-50, 50+) |
Age | Age in years |
Expenditures | Annual expenditures in dollars |
Ethnicity | Ethnic group |
Details
The California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) allocates funds to support developmentally disabled California residents (such as those with autism, cerebral palsy, or intellectual disabilities) and their families. We refer to those supported by DDS as DDS consumers. The dataset DDS includes data on annual expenditure (in $), ethnicity, age, and gender for 1000 DDS consumers.
Source
Taylor, S.A. and Mickel, A. E. (2014). "Simpson's Paradox: A Data Set and Discrimination Case Study Exercise," Journal of Statistics Education, 22(1). The dataset has been altered slightly for privacy reasons, but is based on actual DDS consumers.