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data_dictionary: full-moon.txt

description: >
  The data give the admission rates to the
  emergency room of a Virginia mental health
  clinic before, during and after the 12 
  full moons from August 1971 to July 1972.
  
additional_description:  
  https://gksmyth.github.io/ozdasl/general/fullmoon.html

source: 
  - Blackman, S., and Catalina, D. (1973). The moon and the emergency room.
    Perceptual and Motor Skills 37, 624-626.
  - Ovlin, J. F. (1943). Moonlight and nervous disorders. American Journal of
    Psychiatry 99, 578-584.
  - Larsen, R.J., and Marx, M.L., (1986). An Introduction to Mathematical 
    Statistics and Its Applications 2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall, Englewood 
    Cliffs, New Jersey. Case Study 1.2.3.

copyright: 
  unknown

format:
  tab-delimited
  
varnames:
  first row of data

size:
  rows: 36
  columns: 3  

vars:
  Month:
    label: Month of year
    scale: Aug, Sep, ..., Jul

  Moon:
    label: time relative to full moon
    values: 
      - Before
      - During
      - After
      
  Admission:
    label: Admission rate
    Unit: patients/day