R/nc.sub.dat-data.R

In BaM: Functions and Datasets for "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach"

#' nc.sub.dat
#'
#' @description North Carolina county level health data from the 2000 U.S. census and North Carolina public records, see page 78.
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{Substantiated.Abuse} within family documented abuse for the county 
#' \item\code{Percent.Poverty} percent within the county living in poverty, U.S. definition
#' \item\code{Total.Population} county population/1000
#' }
#'  
#' @usage nc.sub.dat
#' @name nc.sub.dat
#' @format data frame with 100 observations of different counties in North Carolina with 3 explanatory variables
#' @source data from 2000 US census and North Carolina Division of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Section in Conjunction with State Center for Health Statistics
#' @docType data
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