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A Statistical Analysis of Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial America
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McCart, Tara M
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Year and Degree
2014, Master of Science in Mathematics, Youngstown State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Abstract
The idea of magic and witches was not foreign to the society of Colonial America. Many historical studies have examined the social, political, and economic aspects of witch hunts in Colonial America, especially the infamous Salem witch hunt. During the Salem witch hunt of 1692, over 150 people were accused of practicing witchcraft, 19 people were executed, and countless others were victimized. The object of this paper is to analyze witchcraft accusations of seventeenth-century Colonial America to discover any underlying patterns. Time series count data of witchcraft accusations were used to conduct an intervention analysis to determine whether the Salem witch hunt had an effect on witchcraft accusations in Colonial America.
Committee
G.Jay Kerns, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Andy Chang, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Diane Barnes, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
86 p.
Subject Headings
History
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Statistics
Keywords
time series analysis of witchcraft accusations
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witchcraft accusations in colonial America and Statistics
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McCart, T. M. (2014).
A Statistical Analysis of Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial America
[Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1402940209
APA Style (7th edition)
McCart, Tara.
A Statistical Analysis of Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial America .
2014. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1402940209.
MLA Style (8th edition)
McCart, Tara. "A Statistical Analysis of Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial America ." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1402940209
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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