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| WeldonDice   | R Documentation   |
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Weldon's Dice Data
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Description
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Data from Pearson (1900) about the frequency of 5s and 6s in throws of
12 dice. Weldon tossed the dice 26,306 times and reported his results in
a letter to Francis Galton on 1894-02-02.

Usage
~~~~~

::

    data("WeldonDice")

Format
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A 1-way table giving the frequency of a 5 or a 6 in 26,306 throws of 12
dice where 10 indicates ‘10 or more’ 5s or 6s. The variable and its
levels are

+------+--------+-----------------+
| No   | Name   | Levels          |
+------+--------+-----------------+
| 1    | n56    | 0, 1, ..., 10   |
+------+--------+-----------------+
+------+--------+-----------------+

Source
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M. Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data, pages 20–21.

References
~~~~~~~~~~

K. Pearson (1900), On the criterion that a given system of deviations
from the probable in the case of a correlated system of variables is
such that it can be reasonably supposed to have arisen by random
sampling, *Philosophical Magazine*, **50** (5th series), 157–175.

M. Friendly (2000), *Visualizing Categorical Data*. SAS Institute, Cary,
NC.

Examples
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::

    data("WeldonDice")
    gf <- goodfit(WeldonDice, type = "binomial")
    summary(gf)
    plot(gf)

