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Title: The "Unusual Episode" Data Revisited
Url: http://jse.amstat.org/v3n3/datasets.dawson.html
Creator: Dawson, Robert
Publisher: American Statistical Association
Saint Mary's University
Description: This article, created by Robert Dawn of Saint Mary's University, describes a dataset containing information on economic class of passengers and mortality rates from the sinking of the Titanic. The dataset can be used to foster statistical thinking by giving students the data and asking them to determine the source. Discrepancies have been found in this dataset and the "solution," the paper examines these inaccuracies and contains a "fully-explained" version for classroom use.
LC Classification: Naval science -- Navigation. Merchant marine -- Navigation. Merchant marine -- Shipwrecks and fires -- Ships wrecked -- Titanic (Steamship)
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Elementary texts
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Multivariate analysis
GEM Subject: Mathematics -- Statistics
Key Concept: Mathematics -- Statistics
Date Issued: 1995
Resource Type: Dataset
Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Access Rights: Free access
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