miller_2007: Miller et al. (2007) data

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Miller et al. (2007) data

Description

A dataset from Field, A. P. (2023). Discovering statistics using R and RStudio (2nd ed.). London: Sage.

Usage

miller_2007

Format

A tibble with 296 rows and 4 variables.

Details

Miller and colleagues (2007) tested the hidden-estrus theory, which suggests that unlike other female mammals, humans do not experience an estrus phase during which they are more sexually receptive, proceptive, selective and attractive. If this theory is wrong then human men should find women most attractive during the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle compared to the pre-fertile (menstrual) and post-fertile (luteal) phase. Miller used the tips obtained by dancers at a lap dancing club as a proxy for their sexual attractiveness and also recorded the phase of the dancer's menstrual cycle during a given shift, and whether they were using hormonal contraceptives. Dancers provided data from between 9 to 29 of their shifts.

• id: Dancer's ID.

• contraceptive: whether the dancer was currently using oral hormonal contraceptives.

• cyclephase: the phase of the dancer's menstrual cycle at the time of a particular shift.

• tips: The tips (in US dollars) received during a particular shift

Source

www.discovr.rocks/csv/miller_2007.csv

References

• Miller, G., Tybur, J. M., & Jordan, B. D. (2007). Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap dancers: Economic evidence for human estrus? Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 375–381. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.06.002")}

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