medExpenses               package:DAAG               R Documentation

_F_a_m_i_l_y _M_e_d_i_c_a_l _E_x_p_e_n_s_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'medExpenses' data frame   contains average weekly medical
     expenses including drugs for 33 families randomly sampled from a
     community of 600 families which contained 2700 individuals.  These
     data were collected in the 1970's at an  unknown location.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     medExpenses

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     _f_a_m_i_l_y_s_i_z_e number of individuals in a family

     _e_x_p_e_n_s_e_s average weekly cost for medical expenses per family
          member

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     with(medExpenses, weighted.mean(expenses, familysize))

