melanoma {faraway}

Melanoma by type and location

Description

Data comes from a study of Malignant Melanoma involving 400 subjects.

Format

A data frame with 12 observations on the following 3 variables.

count

number of cases

tumor

type of tumor - a factor with levels freckle indeterminate nodular superficial

site

location of tumor on the body - a factor with levels extremity head trunk

Source

Dobson A. (2002) An introduction to generalized linear models, Chapman Hall.