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Infant mortality dataset

Source: R/inf_mort.R
inf_mort.Rd

Infant mortality dataset pulled from Table 6-2 of "Understanding Robust and Exploratory Data Analysis".

Usage

data(inf_mort)

Format

A data frame with the following variables:

region

Regional effect

edu

Father's education effect

  • ed8: Less than High School Graduate

  • ed12: High School Graduate

  • ed13to15: Some College or Associate’s Degree

  • ed16: Bachelor’s Degree or Greater

perc

Numbers of infant deaths per 1000 live births

References

  • Emerson, John D., and David C. Hoaglin. (1983). Understanding Robust and Exploratory Data Analysis. John Wiley & Sons.