hubble: Nebulae data from Hubble (1929)

Description Usage Format Source

Description

The data used in Section 8.1 of the STAT0002 notes to introduce simple linear regression. This dataset contains estimates of the distance from Earth and the velocity relative to Earth of 24 nebulae.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 42 observations on the following 2 variables.

Source

Hubble, E. (1929) A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra-galactic nebulae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 15, 168-173.


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