ex0432: Therapeutic Marijuana
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Therapeutic Marijuana
Description
To investigate the capacity of marijuana to reduce the side effects of
cancer chemotherapy, researchers performed a double-blind, randomized,
crossover trial. Fifteen cancer patients on chemotherapy were
randomly assigned to receive either a marijuana treatment or a placebo
treatment after their first three sessions of chemotherapy. They were
then crossed over to the opposite treatment for their next 3 sessions.
Usage
ex0432
Format
A data frame with 15 observations on the following 3 variables.
Subjectsubject number 1–15
Marijuanatotal number of vomiting and retching
episodes under marijuana treatment
Placebototal number of vomiting and retching episodes
under placebo treatment
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
References
Chang, A.E., Shiling, D.J., Stillman, R.C., Goldberg, N.H., Seipp,
C.A., Barofsky, I., Simon, R.M. and Rosenberg,
S.A. (1979). Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol as an Antiemetic in Cancer
Patients Receiving High Dose Methotrexate, Annals of Internal
Medicine 91(6): 819–824.
Examples
str(ex0432)
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Therapeutic Marijuana
Description
To investigate the capacity of marijuana to reduce the side effects of cancer chemotherapy, researchers performed a double-blind, randomized, crossover trial. Fifteen cancer patients on chemotherapy were randomly assigned to receive either a marijuana treatment or a placebo treatment after their first three sessions of chemotherapy. They were then crossed over to the opposite treatment for their next 3 sessions.
Usage
ex0432Format
A data frame with 15 observations on the following 3 variables.
Subjectsubject number 1–15
Marijuanatotal number of vomiting and retching episodes under marijuana treatment
Placebototal number of vomiting and retching episodes under placebo treatment
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
References
Chang, A.E., Shiling, D.J., Stillman, R.C., Goldberg, N.H., Seipp, C.A., Barofsky, I., Simon, R.M. and Rosenberg, S.A. (1979). Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol as an Antiemetic in Cancer Patients Receiving High Dose Methotrexate, Annals of Internal Medicine 91(6): 819–824.
Examples
str(ex0432)
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