blalock

The Blalock--Taussig shunt is an operative procedure for infants with 
congenital cyanotic heart disease. The data are the survival times
in months for shunts in 81 infants, divided into two age groups.

datasets

Contains the datasets and a few functions for use with
the practicals outlined in Appendix A of the book
Statistical Models (Davison, 2003, Cambridge University Press),
which can be found at <doi:10.1017/CBO9780511815850>.

Alessandra Brazzale

SMPracticals

Practicals for Use with Davison (2003) Statistical Models

blalock function

A data frame with 81 observations on the following 3 variables.<dl>
 <dt>group</dt>
<dd>1 indicates infants aged over 1 month at time of the 
 operation. 2 indicates those aged 30 or fewer days at time of operation.</dd> <dt>months</dt>
<dd>survival time in months</dd> <dt>cens</dt>
<dd>censoring indicator: 1 indicates observed failure time</dd> 
</dl>

Format

Blalock--Taussig Shunt Data — blalock

A data frame with 81 observations on the following 3 variables.<dl>
 <dt>group</dt>
<dd>1 indicates infants aged over 1 month at time of the 
 operation. 2 indicates those aged 30 or fewer days at time of operation.</dd>

 <dt>months</dt>
<dd>survival time in months</dd>

 <dt>cens</dt>
<dd>censoring indicator: 1 indicates observed failure time</dd>

 
</dl>

blalock: Blalock--Taussig Shunt Data

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