gavarett: Gavarett's data on sex ratios of legitimate and illegitimate...

Description Usage Format Source References See Also

Description

Jules Gavarett's data on the sex ratios of legitimate and illegitimate births for France, 1824-1825. This analysis was an early example of a significance test.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 4 rows and 3 columns.

name type description
female "integer" 1 if female, 0 if male.
legitimate "integer" 1 if a "legitimate birth", 0 if a "illegitimate birth"
count "integer" Counts of births

Source

Stigler, Stephen M. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom, p. 77-79

References

Stigler, S. M. (2016) The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom

Gavarett, J. (1840) Principes Generaux de Statistique Medicale. Paris: Bechet jenue et Labe.

See Also

Arbuthnot for another similar, early significance test.


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