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death.penalty: Florida state death penalty data

Description

Dataset detailing death penalty 674 homicide trials in the state of Florida from 1976-1987 with respect to verdict, and victim and defendant race. The data were previously used (Agresti 2012) to demonstrate Simpson's Paradox.

Usage

data(death.penalty)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 8 observations on the following 4 variables.

count

Counts from cross classifications.

verdict

Death penalty verdict No Yes.

d.race

Defendant's race Black White.

v.race

Victims' race Black White.

Details

A reversal of associations or comparisons may occur as a result of lurking variables or aggregating groups. This is called Simpson's Paradox.