terrorism: terrorism

In BaM: Functions and Datasets for "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach"

terrorism

Description

Dataset comparing incidents of terrorism to car accidents, suicide, and murder, see page 140

The variables included in the dataset are:

• Year The given year in which the statistics occurred

• X.Terrorism The number of terrorist attacks that would occur per 100000 in the given year

• X.Car.Accidents The number of car accidents that would occur per 100000 in the given year

• X.Suicide The number of suicide that would occur per 100000 in the given year

Usage

data(terrorism)

Format

data frame with 14 observations of death rates for different years with 5 explanatory variables

Source

Falkenrath, R. (2001). Analytical Models and Policy Prescription: Understanding Recent Innovation in U.S. Counterterrorism. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 24, 159-181.

BaM documentation built on Oct. 14, 2022, 5:07 p.m.