co.transfer               package:boot               R Documentation

_C_a_r_b_o_n _M_o_n_o_x_i_d_e _T_r_a_n_s_f_e_r

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'co.transfer' data frame has 7 rows and 2 columns.  Seven
     smokers with chickenpox had their levels of carbon monoxide
     transfer measured on entry to hospital and then again after 1
     week.  The main question being whether one week of hospitalization
      has changed the carbon monoxide transfer factor.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     co.transfer

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     '_e_n_t_r_y' Carbon monoxide transfer factor on entry to hospital.

     '_w_e_e_k' Carbon monoxide transfer one week after admittance to
          hospital.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     The data were obtained from

     Hand, D.J., Daly, F., Lunn, A.D., McConway, K.J. and Ostrowski, E
     (1994) _A Handbook of Small Data Sets_. Chapman and Hall.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997)  _Bootstrap Methods and
     Their Application_. Cambridge University Press.

     Ellis, M.E., Neal, K.R. and Webb, A.K. (1987) Is smoking a risk
     factor for pneumonia in patients with chickenpox? _British Medical
     Journal_, *294*, 1002.

