hooker: Hooker's data

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

Description

In his original paper, Forbes provided additional data collected by the botanist Dr. Joseph Hooker on temperatures and boiling points measured often at higher altitudes in the Himalaya Mountains.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Temp

Measured boiling temperature, degrees F.

Pressure

Measured air pressure, inches of Mercury.

Source

Forbes, J. (1957). Further experiments and remarks on the measurement of heights by 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, Problem 2.2.4.

Examples

head(hooker)

Example output

Loading required package: car
   Temp Pressure
1 210.8   29.211
2 210.2   28.559
3 208.4   27.972
4 202.5   24.697
5 200.6   23.726
6 200.1   23.369

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