birth


The data refer to a study on low birthweight in babies, defined
as "less than 2500 grams", and related factors.<p></p><p>The variables are:
<table><tr><td>
	<code>Smoke</code> </td>
</tr><tr><td>  indicator of whether the mother is a smoker </td>
</tr><tr><td>
	<code>Lwt</code>   </td>
</tr><tr><td>  last menstrual weight of the mother</td>
</tr></table></p><p>Hosmer & Lemeshow (1989).  Applied  Logistic Regresion. 
        Wiley, NY.
	The original source contains additional variables; see Appendix 1 of
	Hosmer & Lemeshow for a full list of the data, pp.29-30 and p.92 for 
	additional information.
</p>

regression

smooth

This is software linked to the book
'Applied Smoothing Techniques for Data Analysis -
The Kernel Approach with S-Plus Illustrations' Oxford University Press.

birth: Low birthweight in babies

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