R/healthjournals.R

In SDAResources: Datasets and Functions for 'Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition'

#' healthjournals data
#'
#' 
#' Randomization and statistical inference practices in a stratified random
#'sample of 196 public health articles. The data, provided courtesy of Dr. Matt Hayat, are
#'discussed in Hayat and Knapp (2017). The variables provided in \emph{healthjournals} are
#' a subset of the variables collected by the authors.
#'
#'
#' @format This data frame contains the following columns:
#' \describe{
#'\item{journal:}{journal that published the article
#'
#'AJPH = American Journal of Public Health
#'
#'AJPM = American Journal of Preventive Medicine
#'
#'PM = Preventive Medicine
#'}
#'
#'\item{NumAuthors:}{number of authors}
#'
#'\item{RandomSel:}{
#'
#'"Yes" if data in the article were from a randomly selected
#'(probability) sample
#'
#'"No" otherwise
#'}
#'
#'\item{RandomAssn:}{
#'
#'"Yes" if study subjects for the article were randomly assigned to treatment groups
#'
#'"No" otherwise
#'}
#'
#'\item{ConfInt:}{
#'
#'"Yes" if a confidence interval appeared in the article's main
#' text, tables, or figures
#' 
#'"No" otherwise}
#'
#'\item{HypTest:}{
#'
#'"Yes" if a p-value or significance test appeared in the article's main text, tables, or figures
#'
#'"No" otherwise}
#'
#'\item{Asterisks:}{
#'
#'"Yes" if asterisks were used to represent p-value ranges
#'
#'"No" otherwise}
#'}
#'
#'
#'  
#'  
#'  
#'
#' @docType data
#'
#' @usage data(healthjournals)
#'
#'
#'
#' @keywords datasets
#' 
#'@references Hayat, M. and T. Knapp (2017). Randomness and inference in medical and public health
#' research. \emph{Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association 7 (1)}, 7–11.
#'
#' @references Lohr (2021), Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
#' 
#'@references Lu and Lohr (2021), R Companion for \emph{Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition}, 1st Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
#' 
#'
#' 
#' 
#' 
"healthjournals"