sex_discrimination {openintro}

Bank manager recommendations based on sex

Description

Study from the 1970s about whether sex influences hiring recommendations.

Usage

sex_discrimination

Format

A data frame with 48 observations on the following 2 variables.

sex

a factor with levels female and male

decision

a factor with levels not promoted and promoted

Source

Rosen B and Jerdee T. 1974. Influence of sex role stereotypes on personnel decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology 59(1):9-14.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

table(sex_discrimination)

ggplot(sex_discrimination, aes(y = sex, fill = decision)) +
  geom_bar(position = "fill")