LungCap {SRMData}R Documentation

Lung capacity

Description

The lung capacity of children.

Usage

data(LungCap)

Format

A data frame with 654 rows (each child) and 5 columns:

Age

The age of the child, in years

FEV

The forced expiratory volume, in litres

Ht

The height, in inches

Gender

The gender of the child; one of F or M

Smoke

Whether the child is a smoker; one of 0 (non-smoker) or 1 (smoker)

Source

Kahn, M. (2003) Data Sleuth, STATS, 37, 24.

Ira B. Tager, Scott T. Weiss, Alvaro Munoz, Bernard Rosner, and Frank E. Speizer (1983). Longitudinal study of the effects of maternal smoking on pulmonary function in children. New England Journal of Medicine, 309(12):699–703.

References

Kahn, Michael (2005). An exhalent problem for teaching statistics. The Journal of Statistical Education, 13(2). Available on-line.


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