melanoma {faraway}R Documentation

Melanoma by type and location

Description

Data comes from a study of Malignant Melanoma involving 400 subjects.

Usage

data(melanoma)

Format

A data frame with 12 observations on the following 3 variables.

count
number of cases
tumor
type of tumor - a factor with levels freckle indeterminate nodular superficial
site
location of tumor on the body - a factor with levels extremity head trunk

Source

Dobson A. (2002) An introduction to generalized linear models, Chapman Hall.


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