FilariasisSex


Filariasis is a common infection in tropical and subtropical countries. Several parasites can cause filariasis. In Nigeria a study was conducted to see prevalence of filariasis due to various parasite types. Specific question of interest is, whether prevalence is similar in both sexes.


datasets

Collection of datasets as prepared by Profs. A.P. Gore, S.A. Paranjape, and M.B. Kulkarni of Department of Statistics, Poona University, India. With their permission, first letter of their names forms the name of this package, the package has been built by me and made available for the benefit of R users. This collection requires a rich class of models and can be a very useful building block for a beginner.

Prabhanjan Tattar

100 Data Sets for Statistics Education

FilariasisSex function

A data frame with 13 observations on the following 5 variables.
  <dl>
    <dt><code>Community</code></dt><dd>Community code</dd> <dt><code>Males_Examined</code></dt><dd>number of males examined </dd> <dt><code>Males_Infected</code></dt><dd>number of males infected</dd> <dt><code>Females_Examined</code></dt><dd>number of females examined</dd> <dt><code>Females_Infected</code></dt><dd>number of females infected</dd> </dl> 

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FilariasisSex: Sex related prevalence in human filariasis

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