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This 5-page paper discusses the doomed ship, the S.S. Titanic in terms of stastical analysis of passengers. Conclusions to be drawn were that those saved on the lifeboats tended to be of the wealthy, more privileged class. Bibliography lists 1 source. (available in French translation).
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voyage. Needless to say, the fact that the ship itself sunk made headlines - but what was not quite so thoroughly discussed was the statistics itself, both about the ship
and the passengers it carried. Through text and charts, well try to determine this factor. There are many myths associated with the
Titanic and its sinking, one of those being the demand that women and children be offered spaces on the lifeboats before men would be and could be allowed on board.
There is a romantic thought to this, a somewhat chivalrous thought that was, nonetheless, a false one, as well see later on in this paper.
But before beginning the actual statistical analysis pertaining to the Titanic and its passengers, a few disclaimers must be listed.
First, its interesting to note that according to researchers, there really hasnt been 100 percent agreement concerning the number of lives lost in the sinking of the ship (Encyclopedia
Britannica, 2003). Nor has there actually been agreement as to the final numbers on board the ship when it finally set sail from Southampton on its final leg of the
journey to the United States. One problem is that the passenger and crew lists have been inaccurate due to misspellings and inaccuracies (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2003). Another such issue has involved
the failure to count contract employees (such as musicians who werent part of either passenger or crew) and its unknown, to this day, how many of those personnel were on
board the ship (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2003). Another problem brought up by researchers has been the international nature of the disaster - the
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