[R] meta data on infert data set

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:20 AM, Aziz, Muhammad Fayez wrote:

> Thank you folks. Actually I did lookup all these resources you  mentioned but couldn't find a word for word meta data. In fact the data set is a bit different from what's in the appendix of the paper. Also the meaning of these terms seems to be specific to the study than following the dictionary.

Yes, as I said. one term, 'parity', has a biologic meaning while the other two refer to the data and study design. Someone has taken the data and rearranged it to a "long" layout.

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David.
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> Regards,
> Fayez
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> On Feb 1, 2014 10:56 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
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> > They appear to be technical terms relevant to fertility. You should probably ask someone with a background in medicine... or Google for these terms in conjunction with the word "fertility".
> 
> "Parity" is the only technical term and its easy enough to look up in a dictionary. (Or if you do a Google search and choose the first hit you see it accurately defined at least for its biologic meaning. The other two relate to the study design and that why the author put in a citation, which unsurprising brings up the orignal paper as the first hit with a Google search.
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> So, Aziz, please use a bit more initiative.
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> David Winsemius
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> > On February 1, 2014 5:57:37 PM PST, "Aziz, Muhammad Fayez" <aziz4 at illinois.edu> wrote:
> >> Hi,
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> >> 
> >> 
> >> I wanted to know what the following columns mean in the "infert"
> >> dataset:
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> >> 
> >> parity  count
> >> matched set number  1-83
> >> stratum number  1-63
> >> 
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> >> 
> >> Thank you,
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> >> Fayez
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> >> Urbana, IL, USA
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David Winsemius
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