Radon data

Description

Radon measurements of 919 owner-occupied homes in 85 counties of Minnesota.

Usage

data(radon)

Format

A data frame with 919 observations on the following 5 variables:

log.radon

Radon measurement (in log pCi/L, i.e., log picoCurie per liter)

basement

Indicator for the level of the home at which the radon measurement was taken - 0 = basement, 1 = first floor.

uranium

Average county-level soil uranium content.

county

County ID.

county.name

County name - a factor.

Source

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/arm/software/

References

Price, P. N., Nero, A. V. and Gelman, A. (1996) Bayesian prediction of mean indoor radon concentrations for Minnesota counties. Health Physics. 71(6), 922–936.

Gelman, A. and Hill, J. (2007) Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models. Cambridge University Press.