This dataset, BCG_vaccine_df, is a data frame containing results from 13 studies evaluating the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis. The dataset includes trial metadata and outcome counts for treatment and control groups.
Usage
data(BCG_vaccine_df)Format
A data frame with 13 observations and 9 variables:
- trial
Integer variable identifying each trial
- author
Character variable with the name of the study author
- year
Integer variable indicating the publication year of the study
- tpos
Integer variable indicating the number of TB-positive cases in the treatment group
- tneg
Integer variable indicating the number of TB-negative cases in the treatment group
- cpos
Integer variable indicating the number of TB-positive cases in the control group
- cneg
Integer variable indicating the number of TB-negative cases in the control group
- ablat
Integer variable indicating the absolute latitude of the study location
- alloc
Character variable indicating the allocation type
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 MedxR 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.