Bank manager recommendations based on gender — gender

Study from the 1970s about whether gender influences hiring recommendations.

Usage

gender_discrimination

Format

A data frame with 48 observations on the following 2 variables.

gender: a factor with levels female and male
decision: a factor with levels not promoted and promoted

Source

Rosen B and Jerdee T. 1974. Influence of sex role stereotypes on personnel decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology 59(1):9-14.

Examples


library(ggplot2)

table(gender_discrimination)
#>         decision
#> gender   promoted not promoted
#>   male         21            3
#>   female       14           10

ggplot(gender_discrimination, aes(y = gender, fill = decision)) +
  geom_bar(position = "fill")