lung.cancer

The data give the number of deaths due to lung cancer in British
male physicians, as a function of years of smoking and cigarette consumption.

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

lung.cancer function

A data frame with 63 observations on the following 4 variables.<dl>
 <dt>years.smok</dt>
<dd>a factor giving the number of years smoking</dd> <dt>cigarettes</dt>
<dd>a factor giving cigarette consumption</dd> <dt>Time</dt>
<dd>man-years at risk</dd> <dt>y</dt>
<dd>number of deaths</dd> 
</dl>

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Lung Cancer Deaths among UK Physicians — lung.cancer

A data frame with 63 observations on the following 4 variables.<dl>
 <dt>years.smok</dt>
<dd>a factor giving the number of years smoking</dd>

 <dt>cigarettes</dt>
<dd>a factor giving cigarette consumption</dd>

 <dt>Time</dt>
<dd>man-years at risk</dd>

 <dt>y</dt>
<dd>number of deaths</dd>

 
</dl>

lung.cancer: Lung Cancer Deaths among UK Physicians

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