berkeley {lgrdata}

Berkeley admissions data, 1973

Description

A well-known example dataset, used as an excellent example for Simpson's Paradox. The Wikipedia page (see source), describes: "The admission figures for the fall of 1973 showed that men applying were more likely than women to be admitted, and the difference was so large that it was unlikely to be due to chance. But when examining the individual departments, it appeared that six out of 85 departments were significantly biased against men, whereas only four were significantly biased against women. In fact, the pooled and corrected data showed a 'small but statistically significant bias in favor of women.'"

Usage

berkeley

Format

A data frame with 6 rows and 5 variables:

Department

integer University Department, A-F

Admitted_Male

integer Nr. Admitted male applicants

Denied_Male

integer Nr. Denied male applicants

Admitted_Female

integer Nr. Addmitted female applicants

Denied_Female

integer Nr. Denied female applicants.

Source

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson