arbuthnot_tbl {sampledatasets} | R Documentation |
Male and female births in London
Description
The 'arbuthnot_tbl' dataset contains historical baptism records collected by John Arbuthnot. It includes data on the number of boys and girls baptized each year from 1629 to 1710 in London. This dataset was historically significant in one of the earliest applications of statistical analysis to human populations. The dataset name has been suffixed with '_tbl' to indicate that it is a tibble, ensuring clarity within the 'sampledatasets' package.
Usage
data(arbuthnot_tbl)
Format
A tibble with 82 observations and 3 variables:
- year
Year of record (integer).
- boys
Number of boys baptized (integer).
- girls
Number of girls baptized (integer).
Source
Arbuthnot, J. (1710). *An argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes*.
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