lunatics

An 1854 study on mental health in the fourteen counties of Massachusetts yields data on 14 cases. This study was performed by Edward Jarvis (then president of the American Statistical Association)
The variables included in the dataset are:<ul>
<li><code>NBR</code> the number of "lunatics" per county.</li>
<li><code>DISt</code> distance to the nearest mental healthcare center</li>
<li><code>POP</code> population in the county by thousands</li>
<li><code>PDEN</code> population per square county mile</li>
<li><code>PHOME</code> the percent of "lunatics" cared for in the home</li>
</ul>

Functions and datasets for Jeff Gill: "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach". First, Second, and Third Edition. Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC (2002, 2007, 2014) <doi:10.1201/b17888>.

lunatics: lunatics

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