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. -- David. > > Regards, > Fayez > > On Feb 1, 2014 10:56 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > > 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. > > So, Aziz, please use a bit more initiative. > > -- > David Winsemius > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > > DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > > > On February 1, 2014 5:57:37 PM PST, "Aziz, Muhammad Fayez" > > <az...@illinois.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> I wanted to know what the following columns mean in the "infert" > >> dataset: > >> > >> > >> > >> parity count > >> matched set number 1-83 > >> stratum number 1-63 > >> > >> > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Fayez > >> > >> Urbana, IL, USA > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
