The BMI and other health data number of Irish patients.

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Provides most of the data files used in the textbook "Scientific Research and Methodology" by Dunn (2025, ISBN:9781032496726; forthcoming).

Peter K Dunn

SRMData

Data Files Supporting "Scientific Research and Methodology" by
Peter K. Dunn (2025)

Peter K. Dunn 

BMI function

A data frame with 70 rows and 11 columns:<dl>
 <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>Sex of the person; one of <code>female</code> or <code>male</code></dd> <dt>age</dt>
<dd>Age of person, in completed years</dd> <dt>edu</dt>
<dd>Level of education;
 one of <code>primary</code>, <code>secondary</code>, <code>postLeaving</code>, 
 <code>complete3rd</code></dd> <dt>m_card</dt>
<dd>whether the person has a medical card; 
 one of <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code></dd> <dt>smoke</dt>
<dd>smoking status; 
 one of <code>daily</code>, <code>occasionally</code> or <code>not at all</code></dd> <dt>drink</dt>
<dd>whether the person drinks alcohol weekly; 
 one of <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code></dd> <dt>exercise</dt>
<dd>The number of days per week the person walks or 
 exercise for 30 minutes or more</dd> <dt>diet</dt>
<dd>whether the person thinks they have a healthy diet; 
 one of <code>yes</code>, <code>no</code> or <code>dont know</code></dd> <dt>ob_weight_kg</dt>
<dd>the observed (measured) weight, in kg</dd> <dt>ob_height_m</dt>
<dd>the observed (measured) height in metres</dd> <dt>sr_weight_kg</dt>
<dd>the weight reported by the person, in kg</dd> <dt>sr_height_m</dt>
<dd>the height reported by the person, in metres</dd> <dt>bmi_perception</dt>
<dd>the person perception of the BMI; 
 one of <code>normalweight</code>, <code>overweight</code> or <code>obese</code></dd>
</dl>

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BMI of Irish patients — BMI

A data frame with 70 rows and 11 columns:<dl>
 <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>Sex of the person; one of <code>female</code> or <code>male</code></dd>

 <dt>age</dt>
<dd>Age of person, in completed years</dd>

 <dt>edu</dt>
<dd>Level of education;
 one of <code>primary</code>, <code>secondary</code>, <code>postLeaving</code>, 
 <code>complete3rd</code></dd>

 <dt>m_card</dt>
<dd>whether the person has a medical card; 
 one of <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code></dd>

 <dt>smoke</dt>
<dd>smoking status; 
 one of <code>daily</code>, <code>occasionally</code> or <code>not at all</code></dd>

 <dt>drink</dt>
<dd>whether the person drinks alcohol weekly; 
 one of <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code></dd>

 <dt>exercise</dt>
<dd>The number of days per week the person walks or 
 exercise for 30 minutes or more</dd>

 <dt>diet</dt>
<dd>whether the person thinks they have a healthy diet; 
 one of <code>yes</code>, <code>no</code> or <code>dont know</code></dd>

 <dt>ob_weight_kg</dt>
<dd>the observed (measured) weight, in kg</dd>

 <dt>ob_height_m</dt>
<dd>the observed (measured) height in metres</dd>

 <dt>sr_weight_kg</dt>
<dd>the weight reported by the person, in kg</dd>

 <dt>sr_height_m</dt>
<dd>the height reported by the person, in metres</dd>

 <dt>bmi_perception</dt>
<dd>the person perception of the BMI; 
 one of <code>normalweight</code>, <code>overweight</code> or <code>obese</code></dd>


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BMI: BMI of Irish patients

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