NHANES_blood_lead_small {sensitivityCalibration}

A random subset of NHANES_blood_lead data.

Description

A random subset of NHANES_blood_lead data for the purpose of testing.

Usage

data(NHANES_blood_lead_small)

Format

A random sample from the NHANES_blood_lead dataset. It consists of 500 instances and the same 10 variables as the NHANES_blood_lead data.

COP

treatment, 1 if cotinine level is between 0.563-14.9 ng/ml and 0 otherwise

DMARETHN

1 if white, 0 if others

DMPPIR

Poverty income ratio

HFE1

1 if the house is built before 1974, 0 if after 1974

HFE2

number of rooms in the house

HFHEDUCR

education level of the reference adult

HSAGEIR

age at the time of interview

HSFSIZER

size of the family

HSSEX

1 if male, 0 if female

PBP

blood lead level

Details

We take a 500 random sample from the NHANES_blood_lead dataset. This small dataset is primarily for the purpose of testing the algorithm.

Source

NHANES III, the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

References

D. M. Mannino, R. Albalak, S. D. Grosse, and J. Repace. Second-hand smoke exposureand blood lead levels in U.S. children.Epidemiology, 14:719-727, 2003

A. Gelman. Scaling regression inputs by dividing by two standard deviations.Statisticsin Medicine, 27:2865-2873, 2008.

Examples

data(NHANES_blood_lead_small)