ulcer

Data from 40 experiments to compare a new surgery for stomach ulcer
 with an older surgery.

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

ulcer function

A data frame with 80 observations on the following 9 variables.<dl>
 <dt>author</dt>
<dd>Author of study from which data taken</dd> <dt>year</dt>
<dd>Year of publication</dd> <dt>quality</dt>
<dd>Assessment of quality of trial on which data based</dd> <dt>age</dt>
<dd>Mean age of patients</dd> <dt>r</dt>
<dd>Number of patients without recurrent bleeding</dd> <dt>m</dt>
<dd>Total number of patients</dd> <dt>bleed</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector</dd> <dt>treat</dt>
<dd>Factor giving control (C) or variants of new treatment</dd> <dt>table</dt>
<dd>Factor giving 2x2 table corresponding to each trial</dd> 
</dl>

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Recurrent Bleeding from Ulcers — ulcer

A data frame with 80 observations on the following 9 variables.<dl>
 <dt>author</dt>
<dd>Author of study from which data taken</dd>

 <dt>year</dt>
<dd>Year of publication</dd>

 <dt>quality</dt>
<dd>Assessment of quality of trial on which data based</dd>

 <dt>age</dt>
<dd>Mean age of patients</dd>

 <dt>r</dt>
<dd>Number of patients without recurrent bleeding</dd>

 <dt>m</dt>
<dd>Total number of patients</dd>

 <dt>bleed</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector</dd>

 <dt>treat</dt>
<dd>Factor giving control (C) or variants of new treatment</dd>

 <dt>table</dt>
<dd>Factor giving 2x2 table corresponding to each trial</dd>

 
</dl>

ulcer: Recurrent Bleeding from Ulcers

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