NCbirths

<p>Data from births in North Carolina in 2001</p>

datasets

Datasets for the textbook Stat2: Modeling with Regression and ANOVA (second edition).
The package also includes data for the first edition, Stat2: Building Models for a World of Data
and a few functions for plotting diagnostics.

Robin Lock

Stat2Data

Datasets for Stat2

NCbirths function

<p>A dataset with 1450 observations on the following 15 variables.</p><table><tr><td>
    <code>ID</code> </td>
<td> Patient ID code</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Plural</code> </td>
<td> <code>1</code>=single birth, <code>2</code>=twins, <code>3</code>=triplets</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Sex</code> </td>
<td>  Sex of the baby <code>1</code>=male <code>2</code>=female</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>MomAge</code> </td>
<td> Mother's age (in years)</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Weeks</code> </td>
<td> Completed weeks of gestation</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Marital</code> </td>
<td> Marital status: <code>1</code>=married or <code>2</code>=not married</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>RaceMom</code> </td>
<td> Mother's race: <code>1</code>=white, <code>2</code>=black, <code>3</code>=American Indian, <code>4</code>=Chinese</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    </td>
<td> <code>5</code>=Japanese, <code>6</code>=Hawaiian, <code>7</code>=Filipino, or <code>8</code>=Other Asian or Pacific Islander</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>HispMom</code> </td>
<td> Hispanic origin of mother: <code>C</code>=Cuban, <code>M</code>=Mexican, <code>N</code>=not Hispanic</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    </td>
<td> <code>O</code>=Other Hispanic, <code>P</code>=Puerto Rico, <code>S</code>=Central/South America</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Gained</code> </td>
<td> Weight gained during pregnancy (in pounds)</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Smoke</code> </td>
<td> Smoker mom? <code>1</code>=yes or <code>0</code>=no</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>BirthWeightOz</code> </td>
<td> Birth weight in ounces</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>BirthWeightGm</code> </td>
<td> Birth weight in grams</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Low</code> </td>
<td> Indicator for low birth weight, <code>1</code>=2500 grams or less</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>Premie</code> </td>
<td> Indicator for premature birth, <code>1</code>=36 weeks or sooner</td>
</tr><tr><td>
    <code>MomRace</code> </td>
<td> Mother's race: <code>black</code>, <code>hispanic</code>, <code>other</code>, or  <code>white</code></td>
</tr></table>

`ID`	Patient ID code
`Plural`	`1`=single birth, `2`=twins, `3`=triplets
`Sex`	Sex of the baby `1`=male `2`=female
`MomAge`	Mother's age (in years)
`Weeks`	Completed weeks of gestation
`Marital`	Marital status: `1`=married or `2`=not married
`RaceMom`	Mother's race: `1`=white, `2`=black, `3`=American Indian, `4`=Chinese
	`5`=Japanese, `6`=Hawaiian, `7`=Filipino, or `8`=Other Asian or Pacific Islander
`HispMom`	Hispanic origin of mother: `C`=Cuban, `M`=Mexican, `N`=not Hispanic
	`O`=Other Hispanic, `P`=Puerto Rico, `S`=Central/South America
`Gained`	Weight gained during pregnancy (in pounds)
`Smoke`	Smoker mom? `1`=yes or `0`=no
`BirthWeightOz`	Birth weight in ounces
`BirthWeightGm`	Birth weight in grams
`Low`	Indicator for low birth weight, `1`=2500 grams or less
`Premie`	Indicator for premature birth, `1`=36 weeks or sooner
`MomRace`	Mother's race: `black`, `hispanic`, `other`, or `white`

NCbirths: North Carolina Birth Records

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