titanic                 package:alr3                 R Documentation

_T_i_t_a_n_i_c

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

     For each person on board the fatal maiden voyage of the ocean
     liner Titanic, this dataset records sex, age (adult/child),
     economic status (first/second/third class, or crew) and whether or
     not that person survived.

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _S_u_r_v Number of survivors

     _N Survivors + Deaths

     _C_l_a_s_s Crew or passanger class

     _A_g_e Adult or child

     _S_e_x Male or female

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

     Report on the Loss of the `Titanic' (S.S.) (1990), _British Board
     of Trade Inquiry Report_ (reprint), Gloucester, UK: Allan Sutton
     Publishing.  Taken from the _Journal on Statistical Education
     Archive_, submitted by rdawson@husky1.stmarys.ca.

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

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. New
     York: Wiley, Section 12.2.4.

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

     data(titanic)

