Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Tonsils and pyogenes

Keywords:

tonsil; carrier

Categories:

biology;
generalized linear models

Description:

The data are from an experiment to invsetigate the relationship between the nasal carrier rate for Streptococcus Pyogenes and the size of tonsils in school children.

There are six observations of three variables.

Variables:

Count	The number of children in each category
Carrier	Whether teh child was a carrier: Either Carrier or NonCarrier
Tonsils	The size of the childrens' tonsils: one of Present (but not enlarged); Enlarged or VeryEnlarged

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Holmes, MC and Williams, REO (1954). The distribution of carriers of Streppococcus Pyogenes among 2413 healthy children, in J Hyg Camb, 52, 164–179.

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