Description Usage Format Source References See Also Examples
Year and birth, lifespan, etc, of British first class cricketers, born prior to 1840, whose handedness could be determined.
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A data frame with 211 observations on the following 8 variables.
left
a factor with levels right
left
year
numeric, year of birth
life
numeric, lifespan
dead
numeric (all 1 = dead)
acd
numeric (0 = not accidental or not dead, 1 = accidental death)
kia
numeric (all 0 = not killed in action)
inbed
numeric (0 = did not die in bed, 1 = died in bed)
cause
a factor with levels alive
acd
(accidental death) inbed
(died in bed)
John Aggleton, Martin Bland. Data were collated as described in Aggleton et al.
Aggleton JP, Bland JM, Kentridge RW, Neave NJ 1994. Handedness and longevity: an archival study of cricketers. British Medical Journal 309, 1681-1684.
Bailey P, Thorne P, Wynne-Thomas P. 1993. Who's Who of Cricketers. 2nd ed, London, Hamlyn.
Bland M and Altman D. 2005. Do the left-handed die young? Significance 2, 166-170.
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