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SERIES
B
 Statistical
Methodology
Latent variable models with mixed continuous and polytomous
data, by J. -Q. Shi and S. -Y. Lee
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Statistics
in Society, Volume 62 (2000).
This is the description of the data file used in the paper.
Three continuous variables
(columns 1-3): x1, x2, x3;
Three polytomous variables
(columns 4-6): z1, z2, z3.
Sample size: 944
The corresponding statements of the questionnaire:
x1: How many times did you have vaginal sex in the last 7 days;
x2: How many "hand jobs" did you give in the last 7
days;
x3: How many "blow jobs" did you give in the last 7
days:
z1 - z3: How great is the risk of getting AIDS or the AIDS virus
from any of the following activities?
1 - no risk
2 - small risk
3 - somewhat a risk
4 - moderate risk
5 - a great risk
z1: sexual intercourse with someone who has the AIDS virus using
a condom;
z2: sexual intercourse with someone you don't know very well
without using a condom;
z3: sexual intercourse with someone who injects drugs.
Acknowledgments:
The AIDS data set was collated under the research project funded by
the National Institute of Allergy and Infectiuos Diseases, RO1-AI33854A,
Principle Investigator, Donald E. Morisky, Sc.d., M.S.P.H.
For questions to this data file contact:
Jian Qing SHI
Department of Statistics,
The University of Warwick,
Coventry
CV4 7AL,
UK
E-mail: shi@stats.warwick.ac.uk
Sik-Yum LEE
Department of Statistics,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin,
N.T, Hong Kong
E-mail: b003784@idea.csc.chuk.edu.hk
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