fastR (version 0.10.3)

deathPenalty: Death Penalty and Race

Description

A famous example of Simpson's paradox.

Format

A data frame with 326 observations. The factors are coded more succinctly in deathPen, but otherwise the data are the same.

• DeathPenalty a factor with levels Yes No

• Penalty a factor with levels Death Not

• Victim a factor with levels Black White (or Bl Wh)

• Defendant a factor with levels Black White (or Bl Wh)

Examples

# NOT RUN {
xtabs(~Defendant+Penalty,deathPenalty)
xtabs(~Defendant+Victim+Penalty,deathPenalty)

# }