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Adriano Polpo (UWA) STAT 1400

 STAT 1400 - Statistics for Science

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Contributors to lecture material: Adrian Baddeley, Adriano Polpo, John Bamberg, Ed Cripps, Julie Marsh, Kevin Murray,
Gordon Royle, and Berwin Turlach.

Adriano Polpo (UWA) STAT 1400

Example

In 2013 researchers published an article on the impact of quitting smoking on

Crohn’s disease

Crohn’s disease and smoking: Is it ever too late

to quit?
Ian C. Lawrance, Kevin Murray, Birol Batman, Richard B. Gearry, Rachel
Grafton, Krupa Krishnaprasad, Jane M. Andrews, Ruth Prosser, Peter
A.Bampton, Sharon E. Cooke, Gillian Mahy, Graham Radford-Smith, Anthony
Croft, Katherine Hanigan
Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Available online 19 June 2013

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition that a↵ects the gastrointestinal

tract. It a long-term medical condition for which there is no known cure.
Data used

Variable name Description Type of Variable?

Age age of patient in whole years
Age.group age in groups of 20 years
Sex gender of patient
Smoking status Never smoker, ever smoker, smoker
Resection Whether patient had resection
Resection2 Whether the patient had a second resection
Smokes.per.day average number smoked per day
Family history Yes/no family history
Data used

Variable name Description Type of Variable?

Age age of patient in whole years numeric discrete
Age.group age in groups of 20 years categorical ordinal
Sex gender of patient categorical nominal
Smoking status Never smoker, ever smoker, smoker categorical
Resection Whether patient had resection categorical nominal
Resection2 Whether the patient had a second resection categorical nominal
Smokes.per.day average number smoked per day numeric discrete
Family history Yes/no family history categorical nominal