birth

<p>The data refer to a study on low birthweight in babies, defined
as "less than 2500 grams", and related factors.</p>
<p>The variables are:</p><table class="table">
<tr><td><code>Smoke</code></td><td>indicator of whether the mother is a smoker</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Lwt</code></td><td>last menstrual weight of the mother</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Low</code></td><td>indicator variable of low weight</td></tr>
</table><p></p><p>
</p><p>Hosmer &amp; Lemeshow (1989).  Applied  Logistic Regression. 
        Wiley, NY.
	The original source contains additional variables; see Appendix 1 of
	Hosmer &amp; Lemeshow for a full list of the data, pp.29-30 and p.92 for 
	additional information.</p>

regression

smooth

This is software linked to the book
'Applied Smoothing Techniques for Data Analysis -
The Kernel Approach with S-Plus Illustrations' Oxford University Press.

Adrian Bowman

Smoothing Methods for Nonparametric Regression and Density
Estimation

birth function

<p>The data refer to a study on low birthweight in babies, defined
as "less than 2500 grams", and related factors.</p>
<p>The variables are:</p><table class='table'>
<tr><td><code>Smoke</code></td><td>indicator of whether the mother is a smoker</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Lwt</code></td><td>last menstrual weight of the mother</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>Low</code></td><td>indicator variable of low weight</td></tr>
</table>


<p>Hosmer &amp; Lemeshow (1989).  Applied  Logistic Regression. 
        Wiley, NY.
	The original source contains additional variables; see Appendix 1 of
	Hosmer &amp; Lemeshow for a full list of the data, pp.29-30 and p.92 for 
	additional information.</p>

birth: Low birthweight in babies

Description

Arguments

`Smoke`	indicator of whether the mother is a smoker
`Lwt`	last menstrual weight of the mother
`Low`	indicator variable of low weight