This dataset, bcg_vaccine_df, is a data frame containing results from 13 studies examining the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis.
Usage
data(bcg_vaccine_df)Format
A data frame with 13 observations and 9 variables:
- trial
Integer identifier for each study
- author
Character vector indicating the lead author of each study
- year
Integer year in which the study was published
- tpos
Integer count of tuberculosis cases in the treatment group
- tneg
Integer count of non-cases in the treatment group
- cpos
Integer count of tuberculosis cases in the control group
- cneg
Integer count of non-cases in the control group
- ablat
Integer representing absolute latitude of study location
- alloc
Character string describing the method of allocation
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'bcg_vaccine_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the infectiousR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.