mcnulty_2008 {discovr} | R Documentation |
McNulty et al. (2008) data
Description
A dataset from Field, A. P. (2026). Discovering statistics using R and RStudio (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
Usage
mcnulty_2008
Format
A tibble with 164 rows and 5 variables
Details
McNulty et al. (2008) found a relationship between a person's attractiveness and how much support they give their partner among newlywed heterosexual couples. These data simulate the results of that study. The object contains the following variables:
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id: participant ID
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attractiveness: attractiveness of participant
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support: support given to partner
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satisfaction: relationship satisfaction
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spouse: whether the participant is a husband or wife
Source
www.discovr.rocks/csv/mcnulty_2008.csv
References
McNulty, J. K., Neff, L. A., & Karney, B. R. (2008). Beyond initial attraction: Physical attractiveness in newlywed marriage. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 135–143. doi:10.1037/0893-3200.22.1.135