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The Donner Party
Description
In 1846 the Donner party became stranded while crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. The data frame has the counts for male and female survivors for six age groups.
Usage
ex1918
Format
A data frame with 12 observations on the following 4 variables.
- AgeCat
a numerical code corresponding to six age categories, with 1 =
"15-19"
, 2 ="20-29"
, 3 ="30-39"
, 4 ="40-49"
, 5 ="50-59"
and 6 ="60-69"
- Sex
a factor with levels
"female"
and"male"
- Lived
number that lived
- Died
number that died
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.
References
Grayson, D.K. (1990). Donner Party Deaths: A Demographic Assessment, Journal of Anthropological Research 46: 223–242.
See Also
Examples
str(ex1918)
[Package Sleuth3 version 1.0-6 Index]