Assignment Instructions:

Read the Medical Record Dataset

a. Read the dataset from this link. R: Contacts With Medical Doctor (vincentarelbundock.github.io)

b. Format numbers to be displayed with two decimal positions.

c. View the first 5 rows in the Medical Dataset.

d. Customize the column names so that the first column's label becomes 'id'.

make Function Analyzing the Association Between Two Variables

a. Create the function medical_stats which calculates the regression line between two variables var1 and var2, and returns the slope and intercept. The function should display a message indicating whether:

b. Apply the function to the following pairs of variables to determine whether there is an association between them:

Predict the Number of Chronic Diseases

Predict the number of chronic diseases for a family with the head of the household having 15 years of education.

make a Function Plotting the Association between Two Variables and the Regression Line

The function should plot the graph between the two variables and display it using the jointplot function of the seaborn module.

Apply the function to plot the association between the following pairs of variables:

a. age and ndisease

b. educdec and ndisease

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i. age and ndisease ii. mdu and ndisease iii. educdec and ndisease iv. lpi and ndisease v. linc and ndisease vi. lfam and ndisease vii. idp and ndisease viii. lc and ndisease ix. fmde and ndisease

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i. There is a significant association or not (p-value <= 0.05). ii. In the case where there is a significant association, whether the association is positive (slope > 0), negative (slope < 0), or non-existent (slope = 0).

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Contacts With Medical Doctor

Description

a cross-section from 1977-1978

number of observations : 20186

Usage

data(DoctorContacts)

Format

A time series containing :

mdu

number of outpatient visits to a medical doctor

lc

log(coinsrate+1) where coinsurance rate is 0 to 100

idp

individual deductible plan ?

lpi

log(annual participation incentive payment) or 0 if no payment

fmde

log(max(medical deductible expenditure)) if IDP=1 and MDE>1 or 0 otherwise

physlim

physical limitation ?

ndisease

number of chronic diseases

health

self-rate health (excellent,good,fair,poor)

linc

log of annual family income (in $)

lfam

log of family size

educdec

years of schooling of household head

age

exact age

sex

sex (male,female)

child

age less than 18 ?

black

is household head black ?