Donner {alr4}

Donner party

Description

The Donner Party was the most famous tragedy in the history of the westward migration in the United States. In the winter of 1846-47, abount ninety wagon train emigrants were unable to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California before winter, and almost one-half starved to death. Perhaps because they were ordinary people – farmers, merchants, parents, children. These data include some information about each of the members of the party from Johnson (1996).

Format

This data frame uses the person's name as row labels and contains the following columns:

age

Approximate age in 1846

y

died or survived, a factor

sex

Male or Female

family.name

Either a family name, hired or single

status

A factor with levels Family, Single or Hired

Source

Johnson, K. (1996). Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the Donner Party. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, http://www.metrogourmet.com/crossroads/KJhome.htm.

References

Weisberg, S. (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

Examples

head(Donner)