older                  package:cat                  R Documentation

_O_l_d_e_r _p_e_o_p_l_e _d_a_t_a_s_e_t

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

     Data from the Protective Services Project for Older Persons

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

     data(older)

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

     The data frame 'older.frame' contains the following columns:

     _M Mental status

     _P ysical status

     _D Survival status (deceased or not)

     _G Group membership: E=experimental, C=control)

     _A Age: Under75 and 75+

     _S Sex: Male or Female

     _F_r_e_q Count  

_N_o_t_e:

     A matrix 'older' with similarley named columns exists that can be
     input directly to functions which do not admit data frames.

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

     Schafer (1996)  _Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data._
     Chapman & Hall, Section 7.3.5.

