nc: North Carolina births
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In 2004, the state of North Carolina released a large data set containing information on births recorded in this state. This data set is useful to researchers studying the relation between habits and practices of expectant mothers and the birth of their children. We will work with a random sample of observations from this data set.

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A tbl_df with 1000 rows and 13 variables:

fage: father's age in years
mage: mother's age in years
mature: maturity status of mother
weeks: length of pregnancy in weeks
premie: whether the birth was classified as premature (premie) or full-term
visits: number of hospital visits during pregnancy
marital: whether mother is 'married' or 'not married' at birth
gained: weight gained by mother during pregnancy in pounds
weight: weight of the baby at birth in pounds
lowbirthweight: whether baby was classified as low birthweight ('low') or not ('not low')
gender: gender of the baby, 'female' or 'male'
habit: status of the mother as a 'nonsmoker' or a 'smoker'
whitemom: whether mom is 'white' or 'not white'