This dataset is based on a study conducted in suburban Boston in the late 1970s to investigate the relationship between forced expiratory volume and smoking behavior in 654 youths between the ages of 3 and 19.
fev
forced expiratory volume or FEV, which measures the amount of air a person can exhale during a forced breath.
age in years
gender of the person (0 for males and 1 for females)
height in cm
smoking behavior (0 for non-smokers and 1 for smokers)