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Lungcap Data Problem Statement

The document describes a dataset containing health and smoking information from 725 youths aged 3 to 19. The dataset includes variables for age, lung capacity, height, gender, smoking status, and whether birth was via c-section. The document provides instructions on how to access and explore the dataset in R.

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Lungcap Data Problem Statement

The document describes a dataset containing health and smoking information from 725 youths aged 3 to 19. The dataset includes variables for age, lung capacity, height, gender, smoking status, and whether birth was via c-section. The document provides instructions on how to access and explore the dataset in R.

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Lung Capacity and Smoking in Youth

The health and smoking habits of 725 youth

Details

The data give information on the health and smoking habits of a sample of 725 youths, aged 3 to 19, in
East Boston during middle to late 1970s.

A data frame with 726 observations on the following 5 variables. (The data frame lungcapsub contains
the data only for smokers, and hence does not contain the variable Smoke.)

Age(years): the age of the subject in completed years; a numeric vector


LungCap(cc): the forced expiratory volume in litres, a measure of lung capacity; a numeric vector
Height(Inches): the height in inches; a numeric vector
Gender: the gender of the subjects: a numeric vector with females coded as 0 and males as 1
Smoke: the smoking status of the subject: a numeric vector with non-smokers coded as 0 and
smokers as 1
Caesarean: Yes or No

Data could be easy accessed within R

>data(lungcap)

Minimum Steps for exploration:

1. Importing the dataset into R

2. Understanding the structure of dataset

3. Graphical exploration

4. Descriptive statistics

5. Insights from the dataset

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