aspirin                package:HSAUR                R Documentation

_A_s_p_i_r_i_n _D_a_t_a

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

     Efficacy of Aspirin in preventing death after a myocardial
     infarct.

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

     data("aspirin")

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

     A data frame with 7 observations on the following 4 variables.

     '_d_p' number of deaths after placebo.

     '_t_p' total number subjects treated with placebo.

     '_d_a' number of deaths after Aspirin.

     '_t_a' total number of subjects treated with Aspirin.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The data were collected for a meta-analysis of the effectiveness
     of Aspirin (versus placebo) in preventing  death after a
     myocardial infarction.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     J. L. Fleiss (1993), The statistical basis of meta-analysis.
     _Statistical Methods in Medical Research_ *2*,  121-145.

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

       data("aspirin", package = "HSAUR")
       aspirin

