class: class data

In jrnold/bps5data: Datasets from The Basic Practice of Statistics, 5th ed.

Description

Dataset class The Basic Practice of Statistics, 5th edition.

Usage

data("class")

Format

\Sexpr[results=rd]{bps5data:::doc_data("class", variables = FALSE)}

Sex

0=male, 1=female

Hand

0=right-handed, 1=left-handed

Height

in inches

Study

Time spent studying on a typical week night (minutes) Beware outliers!

Coins

How much money in coins (not bills) are you carrying?

Income

Guess the income of a "typical American family" (At the time of the survey, the median family income was approximately $30,000.)

Details

Data provided by students (n=270) in a freshman-level course. It is of course even better to survey your own students.

Source

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/bps5e/content/cat_110/bps5e_large_datasets.zip

References

Moore, David S. 2009. The Basic Practice of Statistics. 5th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman.

See Also

Other large datasets from BPS 5th ed.: bliss; call; concept; education; floridavote; foodsafety; income; literacy; newt; reading; verizon

jrnold/bps5data documentation built on May 19, 2019, 11:55 p.m.