This dataset, bcg_vaccine_df, is a data frame containing results from 13 studies examining the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis.
data(bcg_vaccine_df)A data frame with 13 observations and 9 variables:
Integer identifier for each study
Character vector indicating the lead author of each study
Integer year in which the study was published
Integer count of tuberculosis cases in the treatment group
Integer count of non-cases in the treatment group
Integer count of tuberculosis cases in the control group
Integer count of non-cases in the control group
Integer representing absolute latitude of study location
Character string describing the method of allocation
The dataset name has been kept as 'bcg_vaccine_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the infectiousR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.