marathon: Winning times from New York City marathon

marathonR Documentation

Winning times from New York City marathon

Description

The data consists of the winning times (in minutes) for men and women at the New York Marathon, 1978-1998, along with the temperature in Fahrenheit.

Format

A data frame with 21 observations on the following 4 variables.

year

: 4-digit year

temp

: temperature (in Fahrenheit)

mtime

: men's winning time (in seconds)

wtime

: women's winning time (in seconds)

Source

"The Effects of Temperature on Marathon Runners' Performance" by David E. Martin and John F. Buoncristiani, Chance, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1999


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