cars: Automobile Data from Consumer Reports

carsR Documentation

Automobile Data from Consumer Reports

Description

The data set cars [Consumers' Union, 1990] contains 111 models of automobile. The original data can be found in the S-Plus? [TIBCO Software Inc., 2009] data frame cu.dimensions. In cars, the variables have been normalized to have medians of 0 and median absolute deviations (MAD) of 1.4826 (the MAD for a N(0, 1)).

Usage

cars

Format

A double matrix with 111 observations on the following 11 variables.

Length

Overall length, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.

Wheelbase

Length of wheelbase, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.

Width

Width of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.

Height

Height of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer

FrontHd

Distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft. 9 in. front seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU.

RearHd

Distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft 9 in. rear seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU

FrtLegRoom

Maximum front leg room, in inches, as measured by CU.

RearSeating

Rear fore-and-aft seating room, in inches, as measured by CU.

FrtShld

Front shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU.

RearShld

Rear shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU.

Luggage

Luggage Area in Car.

Source

Consumers' Union. Body dimensions. Consumer Reports, April 286 - 288, 1990.


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