ragweed

The <code>ragweed</code> data frame has data on ragweed levels and meteorological variables for 334 days in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.

The book "Semiparametric Regression with R" by J. Harezlak, D. Ruppert & M.P. Wand (2018, Springer; ISBN: 978-1-4939-8851-8) makes use of datasets and scripts to explain semiparametric regression concepts. Each of the book's scripts are contained in this package as well as datasets that are not within other R packages. Functions that aid semiparametric regression analysis are also included.

Matt Wand

Datasets, Functions and Scripts for Semiparametric Regression
Supporting Harezlak, Ruppert & Wand (2018)

Jaroslaw Harezlak

David Ruppert

Matt P. Wand

ragweed function

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl>
 <dt><code>pollenCount</code></dt>
<dd>ragweed pollen count (grains per cubic metre).</dd> <dt><code>year</code></dt>
<dd>one of 1991, 1992, 1993 or 1994.</dd> <dt><code>dayInSeason</code></dt>
<dd>day number in the current ragweed pollen season.</dd> <dt><code>temperature</code></dt>
<dd>temperature for the corresponding day (degrees Fahrenheit).</dd> <dt><code>temperatureResidual</code></dt>
<dd>residual from fitting a 5 effective degrees of freedom smoothing splines to temperature versus day number for each annual ragweed pollen season (degrees Fahrenheit).</dd> <dt><code>rain</code></dt>
<dd>indicator of significant rain on the corresponding day: 
 1=at least 3 hours of steady or brief but intense rain, 
 0=otherwise.</dd> <dt><code>windSpeed</code></dt>
<dd>wind speed for the corresponding day (knots).</dd>
 
</dl>

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Ragweed pollen in Kalamazoo, U.S.A. — ragweed

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl>
 <dt><code>pollenCount</code></dt>
<dd>ragweed pollen count (grains per cubic metre).</dd>

 <dt><code>year</code></dt>
<dd>one of 1991, 1992, 1993 or 1994.</dd>

 <dt><code>dayInSeason</code></dt>
<dd>day number in the current ragweed pollen season.</dd>

 <dt><code>temperature</code></dt>
<dd>temperature for the corresponding day (degrees Fahrenheit).</dd>

 <dt><code>temperatureResidual</code></dt>
<dd>residual from fitting a 5 effective degrees of freedom smoothing splines to temperature versus day number for each annual ragweed pollen season (degrees Fahrenheit).</dd>

 <dt><code>rain</code></dt>
<dd>indicator of significant rain on the corresponding day: 
 1=at least 3 hours of steady or brief but intense rain, 
 0=otherwise.</dd>

 <dt><code>windSpeed</code></dt>
<dd>wind speed for the corresponding day (knots).</dd>


 
</dl>

ragweed: Ragweed pollen in Kalamazoo, U.S.A.

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