older {cat}

Older people dataset

Description

Data from the Protective Services Project for Older Persons

Usage

data(older)

Format

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

Freq

Count

Note

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

Source

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