admissions: Gender bias among graduate school admissions to UC Berkeley.

admissionsR Documentation

Gender bias among graduate school admissions to UC Berkeley.

Description

The admission data for six majors for the fall of 1973; often used as an example of Simpson's paradox

Usage

admissions

Format

An object of class "data.frame".

Details

  • major. The major or university department.

  • gender. Men or women.

  • admitted. Percent of students admitted.

  • applicants. Total number of applicants.

Source

PJ Bickel, EA Hammel, and JW O'Connell. Science (1975)

Examples

admissions

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