NAME:  CORONARY HEART DISEASE DATA
KEYWORDS:  Logistic Regression
SIZE:  100 Observations, 3 Variables

NOTE:
        These data come from  Hosmer and Lemeshow (2000) Applied Logistic
 Regression: Second Edition.  These data are copyrighted by John Wiley &
 Sons Inc. and must be acknowledged and used accordingly.

DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:
	The goal of this study is explore the relationship between age and 
the presence or absence of CHD in this study population.  

Table:  Code sheet for the variables in the Coronary Heart Disease data set.

Columns		Variable		Abbreviation
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1-3		Identification Code	ID
9-10		Age			Age
17		Coronary Heart Disease  CHD
		(0=absent, 1=present)
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PEDAGOGICAL NOTES:
	These data have been used in an introduction to logistic regression.
These data illustrate the differences between logistic regression and other
regression techniques and demonstrate the usefulness and purpose of 
logistic regression.

REFERENCES:

1.  Hosmer and Lemeshow, Applied Logistic Regression, Wiley, (1989).