Moore                  package:car                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'Moore' data frame has 45 rows and 4 columns. The data are for
     subjects in a social-psychological experiment, who were faced with
     manipulated disagreement from a partner of either of low or high
     status. The subjects could either conform to the partner's
     judgment or stick with their own judgment.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Moore)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _p_a_r_t_n_e_r._s_t_a_t_u_s Partner's status.  A factor with levels: 'high',
          'low'.

     _c_o_n_f_o_r_m_i_t_y Number of conforming responses in 40 critical trials.

     _f_c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y F-Scale Categorized. A factor with levels (note levels
          out of order): 'high', 'low', 'medium'.

     _f_s_c_o_r_e Authoritarianism: F-Scale score.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Moore, J. C., Jr. and Krupat, E. (1971)  Relationship between
     source status, authoritarianism and conformity in a social
     setting. _Sociometry_ *34*, 122-134.  

     Personal communication from J. Moore, Department of Sociology,
     York University.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Fox, J. (1997) _Applied Regression, Linear Models, and Related
     Methods._ Sage.

