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Hospital data to assess likelihood of patients contracting an infection

Description:

     A random of sample of hospitals in the United States.  Infection risk was measured for emergency room patients only.  Region denotes different regions of the United States.

Usage:

     er <- read.csv("https://roualdes.us/data/emergencyroom.csv")

Format:

     A data frame with 113 observations on the following 2 variables.

     ‘infection_risk’ likelihood a patient will acquire an infection

     ‘region’ numerically encoded region in which hospital is located

Source:

     https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat501/node/292

     Applied Regression Models, (4th edition), Kutner, Neter, and
     Nachtsheim

References:

     Applied Regression Models, (4th edition), Kutner, Neter, and
     Nachtsheim