FilariasisSex: Sex related prevalence in human filariasis

In gpk: 100 Data Sets for Statistics Education

Description

Filariasis is a common infection in tropical and subtropical countries. Several parasites can cause filariasis. In Nigeria a study was conducted to see prevalence of filariasis due to various parasite types. Specific question of interest is, whether prevalence is similar in both sexes.

Usage

data(FilariasisSex)

Format

A data frame with 13 observations on the following 5 variables.

Community

Community code

Males_Examined

number of males examined

Males_Infected

number of males infected

Females_Examined

number of females examined

Females_Infected

number of females infected

Details

Test the chi-square technique on the contingency table here.

Source

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/nvjoshi/statspunedatabook/databook.html

Examples

data(FilariasisSex)

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