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Older people dataset

Description

Data from the Protective Services Project for Older Persons

Usage

data(older)

Format

The data frame older.frame contains the following columns:

M
Mental status
P
ysical status
D
Survival status (deceased or not)
G
Group membership: E=experimental, C=control)
A
Age: Under75 and 75+
S
Sex: Male or Female
Freq
Count

Note

A matrix older with similarley named columns exists that can be input directly to functions which do not admit data frames.

Source

Schafer (1996) Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data. Chapman & Hall, Section 7.3.5.


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