malaria: Malaria antibody data

In ISwR: Introductory Statistics with R

Description

The malaria data frame has 100 rows and 4 columns.

Usage

malaria

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

subject

subject code.

age

age in years.

ab

antibody level.

mal

a numeric vector code, Malaria: 0: no, 1: yes.

Details

A random sample of 100 children aged 3–15 years from a village in Ghana. The children were followed for a period of 8 months. At the beginning of the study, values of a particular antibody were assessed. Based on observations during the study period, the children were categorized into two groups: individuals with and without symptoms of malaria.

Source

Unpublished data.

Examples

summary(malaria)

Example output

    subject            age              ab              mal      
 Min.   :  1.00   Min.   : 3.00   Min.   :   2.0   Min.   :0.00  
 1st Qu.: 25.75   1st Qu.: 5.75   1st Qu.:  29.0   1st Qu.:0.00  
 Median : 50.50   Median : 9.00   Median : 111.0   Median :0.00  
 Mean   : 50.50   Mean   : 8.86   Mean   : 311.5   Mean   :0.27  
 3rd Qu.: 75.25   3rd Qu.:12.00   3rd Qu.: 373.8   3rd Qu.:1.00  
 Max.   :100.00   Max.   :15.00   Max.   :2066.0   Max.   :1.00  

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