EarInfection {SRMData}R Documentation

Ear infections in Sydney

Description

Ear infections for swimmers at a Sydney beach.

Usage

data(EarInfection)

Format

A data frame with 287 rows and 6 columns:

Swimmer

The type of swimmer; one of Occasional or Frequent

Location

The usul swimming location; one of Non-beach or Beach

Age

The age group; one of 15 to 19, 20 to 24, or 25 to 29

Sex

The sex of the person; one of Male or Female

NumInfections

The number of self-reported ear infections

Infections

Whether the person had experienced an ear infection; one of Yes or No

Source

James K. Lindsey (1995). This data file was downloaded from OzDASL (http://www.statsci.org/data/oz/earinf.html) where it was prepared by Dr Gordon Smyth from Hand et al (1994) Dataset 328.

References

D. J. Hand, F. Daly, A. D. Lunn, K. J. McConway, and E. Ostrowski (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets, London: Chapman and Hall. Dataset 328.


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