R/dana.R

In gitrman/itns: Datasets from the book Introduction to the New Statistics

#'Impact of Outliers - Target Contact
#'
#'An example of independent groups data with outliers used in Chapters 16 of the
#'book \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'The data come from a study by Dana (1990, cited in Wilcox 2009) in which
#'individuals tried to keep an apparatus in contact with a target. There was
#'one experimental condition with two levels (group one and group two). The
#'dependent variable is the number of seconds participants could keep in contact
#'with the target.
#'
#'@format A data frame with 38 rows and 2 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{group}{Independent variable: \emph{group one} or \emph{group two}}
#'  \item{contact}{Dependent variable: Contact time in seconds}
#'}
#'@source
#'Wilcox, R. R. (2009). \emph{Basic statistics: Understanding
#'  conventional methods and modern insights}. New York: Oxford University
#'  Press.
#'
#'@references Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
"dana"