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SERIES C
Applied Statistics

Exact group comparisons using irregular longitudinal data, by J. S. Maritz, C. J. Lombard and C. H. Morrell
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics) volume 47 (1998), part 3, pages 351-360

Data sets: Two data sets are used for illustration in the paper. They are in files PIG.DAT and BABOON.DAT respectively. PIG.DAT

The data are tabulated in four columns headed GROUP, PIG, MBP PVO2. The column headed GROUP is an indicator of group membership; there are 3 groups. The column headed PIG distinguishes the pigs within the groups. For example, the first four rows contain data referring to PIG 1 in GROUP 1. MBP is mean blood pressure and PV02 is the veinous partial oxygen presssure. BABOON.DAT

The data are tabulated in five columns headed ANIMAL, DAY, HGF, WCC, RESECTION . The column headed ANIMAL identifies the individual baboons, DAY is the time, in days, when measurements were taken, HGF is the circulatant hepatocyte growth factor, WCC is the total white blood cell count, and RESECTION is an indicator of partial hepatectomy having been performed; 1=yes, 0=no. Contact addresses:

Postal
J S Maritz MRC-CERSA P O Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505 South Africa

e-mail
smaritz@eagle.mrc.ac.za

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