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HLMdiag (version 0.5.0)

radon: Radon data

Description

Radon measurements of 919 owner-occupied homes in 85 counties of Minnesota.

Usage

data(radon)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 919 observations on the following 5 variables:

log.radon

Radon measurement (in log pCi/L, i.e., log picoCurie per liter)

basement

Indicator for the level of the home at which the radon measurement was taken - 0 = basement, 1 = first floor.

uranium

Average county-level soil uranium content.

county

County ID.

county.name

County name - a factor.

References

Price, P. N., Nero, A. V. and Gelman, A. (1996) Bayesian prediction of mean indoor radon concentrations for Minnesota counties. Health Physics. 71(6), 922--936.

Gelman, A. and Hill, J. (2007) Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models. Cambridge University Press.