oldfaithful: Old faithful eruption data
In weird: Functions and Data Sets for "That's Weird: Anomaly Detection Using R" by Rob J Hyndman
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Old faithful eruption data
Description
A data set containing data on recorded eruptions of the Old Faithful Geyser
in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, from
14 January 2017 to 29 December 2023.
Recordings are incomplete, especially during the winter months when observers
may not be present.
Usage
oldfaithful
Format
A data frame with 2097 rows and 4 columns:
- time
Time eruption started
- recorded_duration
Duration of eruption as recorded
- duration
Duration of eruption in seconds
- waiting
Time to the following eruption in seconds
Value
Data frame
Source
References
Rob J Hyndman (2026) "That's weird: Anomaly detection using R", Section 1.4,
https://OTexts.com/weird/.
Examples
oldfaithful |>
ggplot(aes(x = duration, y = waiting)) +
geom_point()
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Old faithful eruption data
Description
A data set containing data on recorded eruptions of the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, from 14 January 2017 to 29 December 2023. Recordings are incomplete, especially during the winter months when observers may not be present.
Usage
oldfaithful
Format
A data frame with 2097 rows and 4 columns:
- time
Time eruption started
- recorded_duration
Duration of eruption as recorded
- duration
Duration of eruption in seconds
- waiting
Time to the following eruption in seconds
Value
Data frame
Source
References
Rob J Hyndman (2026) "That's weird: Anomaly detection using R", Section 1.4, https://OTexts.com/weird/.
Examples
oldfaithful |>
ggplot(aes(x = duration, y = waiting)) +
geom_point()
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