HorseKicks                package:vcd                R Documentation

_D_e_a_t_h _b_y _H_o_r_s_e _K_i_c_k_s

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

     Data from von Bortkiewicz (1898), given by Andrews & Herzberg
     (1985), on number of deaths by horse or mule kicks in 10 (of 14
     reported) corps of the Prussian army.  4 corps were not considered
     by Fisher (1925) as they had a different organization.

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

     data(HorseKicks)

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

     A 1-way table giving the number of deaths in 200 corps-years.  The
     variable and its levels are

       No  Name     Levels
        1  nDeaths  0, 1, ..., 4

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

     Michael Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data, page 18.

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

     D. F. Andrews & A. M. Herzberg (1985), _Data: A Collection of
     Problems from Many Fields for the Student and Research Worker_.
     Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

     R. A. Fisher (1925), _Statistical Methods for Research Workers_.
     Oliver & Boyd, London.

     L. von Bortkiewicz (1898), _Das Gesetz der kleinen Zahlen_.
     Teubner, Leipzig.

     M. Friendly (2000), _Visualizing Categorical Data_. SAS Institute,
     Cary, NC.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'VonBort'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(HorseKicks)
     gf <- goodfit(HorseKicks)
     summary(gf)
     plot(gf)

