Burt: Fraudulent Data on IQs of Twins Raised Apart
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Description
Usage
Format
Source
Description
The Burt data frame has 27 rows and 4 columns.
The “data” were simply (and notoriously) manufactured. The
same data are in the dataset “twins" in the alr3
package, but with different labels.
Usage
1
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- IQbio
-
IQ of twin raised by biological parents
- IQfoster
-
IQ of twin raised by foster parents
- class
-
A factor with levels (note: out of order):
high;
low;
medium.
Source
Burt, C. (1966)
The genetic determination of differences in intelligence:
A study of monozygotic twins reared together and apart.
British Journal of Psychology 57, 137–153.
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Description Usage Format Source
Description
The Burt data frame has 27 rows and 4 columns.
The “data” were simply (and notoriously) manufactured. The
same data are in the dataset “twins" in the alr3
package, but with different labels.
Usage
1 |
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- IQbio
-
IQ of twin raised by biological parents
- IQfoster
-
IQ of twin raised by foster parents
- class
-
A factor with levels (note: out of order):
high;low;medium.
Source
Burt, C. (1966) The genetic determination of differences in intelligence: A study of monozygotic twins reared together and apart. British Journal of Psychology 57, 137–153.
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