forbes: Forbes data

In alr3: Data to Accompany Applied Linear Regression 3rd Edition

Description

The data consists of 17 pairs of numbers corresponding to observed boiling point and corrected barometric pressure, at locations in the Alps.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns. The first two columns of this data frame are also given in the data file forbes in the MASS package, with different column labels.

Temp

Adjusted boiling point of water in degrees F.

Pressure

Atmospheric pressure, in inches of Mercury

Lpres

100 times log(Pressure,10), rounded to two digits beyond the decimal point

Source

Forbes, J. (1857). Further experiments and remarks on the measurement of heights and boiling point of water. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 21, 235-243.

References

Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Section 1.1.

Examples

head(forbes)

Example output

Loading required package: car
Loading required package: carData
   Temp Pressure  Lpres
1 194.5    20.79 131.79
2 194.3    20.79 131.79
3 197.9    22.40 135.02
4 198.4    22.67 135.55
5 199.4    23.15 136.46
6 199.9    23.35 136.83

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