Hosi0 {mffSM}R Documentation

Data on 4 838 boys

Description

Data on 4 838 boys (“hoch”, plural “hoši” in Czech) born in a certain part of the Czech Republic during one year at the beginning of the 90's of the 20th century.

Data are used for some illustrations in the book Regrese by Karel Zvára (Zvára, 2008). Originally, data were obtained thanks to a generous kindness of dr. Miroslav Procházka.

Usage

data(Hosi0)

Format

A data.frame with 4 838 rows and the following variables.

bweight

birth weight [g] of a boy

blength

birth length [cm] of a boy

weight12

weight [g] of a boy at 12 months age

length12

length [cm] of a boy at 12 months age

mage

mother's age at a boy's birth

fage

father's age at a boy's birth

Source

http://msekce.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~zvara/regrese/kniha/R.ZIP

References

Zvára, K. (2008). Regrese. Praha: Matfyzpress. ISBN 978-80-7378-041-8.

Examples

data(Hosi0)
summary(Hosi0)

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