R: Davis's Data on Drive for Thinness

DavisThin {car} | R Documentation

## Davis's Data on Drive for Thinness

### Description

The `DavisThin` data frame has 191 rows and 7 columns. This is part of a larger dataset for a study of eating disorders. The seven variables in the data frame comprise a "drive for thinness" scale, to be formed by summing the items.

### Usage

    DavisThin

### Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

DT1

  a numeric vector

DT2

  a numeric vector

DT3

  a numeric vector

DT4

  a numeric vector

DT5

  a numeric vector

DT6

  a numeric vector

DT7

  a numeric vector

### Source

Davis, C., G. Claridge, and D. Cerullo (1997) Personality factors predisposing to weight preoccupation: A continuum approach to the association between eating disorders and personality disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research 31, 467–480. [personal communication from the authors.]

### References

Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage.

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