donner                 package:alr3                 R Documentation

_D_o_n_n_e_r _p_a_r_t_y

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

     The Donner Party was the most famous tragedy in the history of the
     westward migration in the United States.  In the winter of
     1846-47, abount ninety wagon train emigrants were unable to cross
     the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California before winter, and
     almost one-half starved to death.  Perhaps because they were
     ordinary people - farmers, merchants, parents, children. These
     data include some information about each of the members of the
     party from Johnson (1996).

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _A_g_e Approximate age in 1846

     _O_u_t_c_o_m_e 1 if survived, 0 if died

     _S_e_x Male or Female

     _F_a_m_i_l_y._n_a_m_e Either a family name, hired or single

     _N_a_m_e Name of Person

     _S_t_a_t_u_s Family, single or hired

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

     Johnson, K. (1996). _Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the
     Donner Party._ Logan, UT: Utah State University Press,  <URL:
     http://www.metrogourmet.com/crossroads/KJhome.htm>.

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

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. New
     York: Wiley, Problem 12.4.

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

     data(donner)

