snow: Data from John Snow's 1855 study of the cause of cholera
In causaldata: Example Data Sets for Causal Inference Textbooks
Description
Usage
Format
Details
Source
References
Description
A subset of the aggregated death rate data from Snow's legendary study of the source of the London Cholera outbreak.
Usage
1
Format
A data frame with 4 rows and 4 variables
- year
Year
- supplier
Water pump supplier
- treatment
Status of water pump
- deathrate
Deaths per 10k 1851 population
Details
This data is used in the Difference-in-Differences chapter of The Effect by Huntington-Klein.
Source
Snow, John. 1855. 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera'. John Churchill."
Coleman, Thomas. 2019. 'Causality in the time of cholera: John Snow as a prototype for causal inference.' SSRN 3262234."
References
Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.
causaldata documentation built on Dec. 11, 2021, 9:20 a.m.
R Package Documentation
Browse R Packages
We want your feedback!
Note that we can't provide technical support on individual packages. You should contact the package authors for that.
Description Usage Format Details Source References
Description
A subset of the aggregated death rate data from Snow's legendary study of the source of the London Cholera outbreak.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 4 rows and 4 variables
- year
Year
- supplier
Water pump supplier
- treatment
Status of water pump
- deathrate
Deaths per 10k 1851 population
Details
This data is used in the Difference-in-Differences chapter of The Effect by Huntington-Klein.
Source
Snow, John. 1855. 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera'. John Churchill."
Coleman, Thomas. 2019. 'Causality in the time of cholera: John Snow as a prototype for causal inference.' SSRN 3262234."
References
Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.
R Package Documentation
Browse R Packages
We want your feedback!
Note that we can't provide technical support on individual packages. You should contact the package authors for that.
Embedding an R snippet on your website
Add the following code to your website.
For more information on customizing the embed code, read Embedding Snippets.