earlycrcktr {DAAGxtras} | R Documentation |
Year and birth, lifespan, etc, of British first class cricketers, born prior to 1840, whose handedness could be determined.
data(earlycrcktr)
A data frame with 211 observations on the following 8 variables.
left
right
left
year
life
dead
acd
kia
inbed
cause
alive
acd
(accidental death) inbed
(died in bed)John Aggleton, Martin Bland. Data were collated as described in Aggleton et al.
Aggleton JP, Bland JM, Kentridge RW, Neave NJ 1994. Handedness and longevity: an archival study of cricketers. British Medical Journal 309, 1681-1684.
Bailey P, Thorne P, Wynne-Thomas P. 1993. Who's Who of Cricketers. 2nd ed, London, Hamlyn.
Bland M and Altman D. 2005. Do the left-handed die young? Significance 2, 166-170.
cricketer
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data(earlycrcktr)