worm


These data record the occurence of a human parasitic worm infection 
in residents of a rural community in China. <p></p><p>The variables are:
<table><tr><td>
	<code>Age</code>       </td>
</tr><tr><td>  age of the resident </td>
</tr><tr><td>
	<code>Infection</code> </td>
</tr><tr><td>  presence (1) or absence (0) of infection </td>
</tr></table></p><p>The background to the data, and an analysis, are described by Weidong et al. (1996), Ascaris, people and pigs in a rural community of Jiangxi province, China, Parasitology 113, 545-57.
</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.

worm: Human parasitic worm infections

Description

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