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Australian Birth Times Data

Source: R/datasets.R
aussie_births.Rd

The baby arrivals data introduced in Chapter 6 of the STAT0002 notes. Information concerning the 44 babies (18 girls and 26 boys) born in a 24-hour period at the Mater Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, on December 18, 1997.

Usage

aussie_births

Format

A data frame with 44 observations on the following 3 variables.

  • time: the number of minutes past midnight at which the baby was born.

  • sex: a character variable, the sex of the baby ("girl" or "boy").

  • weight: the weight of the baby in grams.

Source

Steele, S. (December 21, 1997), Babies by the Dozen for Christmas: 24-Hour Baby Boom, The Sunday Mail (Brisbane), page 7.