Cancer in Dogs and Exposure to 2,4-D Herbicide

This dataset, cancer_in_dogs_tbl_df, is a tibble containing information from a study conducted in 1994. The study aimed to determine whether there is an increased risk of cancer in dogs exposed to the herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). It includes data from 491 dogs diagnosed with cancer (case group) and 945 dogs without cancer (control group).

Usage

data(cancer_in_dogs_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 1,436 observations and 2 variables:

order

Indicates whether the dog belongs to the "case" group (with cancer) or the "control" group (without cancer) (factor with 2 levels).

response

Indicates the dog's exposure to the herbicide 2,4-D, with levels such as "exposed" or "not exposed" (factor with 2 levels).

Source

Data taken from the openintro package. Original study: Hayes HM, Tarone RE, Cantor KP, Jessen CR, McCurnin DM, and Richardson RC. 1991. Case-Control Study of Canine Malignant Lymphoma: Positive Association With Dog Owner's Use of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides. *Journal of the National Cancer Institute*, 83(17):1226-1231.

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'cancer_in_dogs_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the OncoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.