tylervigen: Spurious Data Collated by Tyler Vigen
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A dataset containing information collated by Tyler Vigen from various sources to showcase spurious relationships.

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A data frame with 15 rows and 31 variables:

year: year of given observation
science_spending: US spending on science, space, and technology in billions of dollars (U.S. Office of Management and Budget)
hanging_suicides: suicides by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
pool_fall_drownings: number of people who drowned by falling into a pool (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
cage_films: films Nicholas Cage appeared in (Internet Movie Database)
cheese_percap: per capita cheese consumption (Department of Agriculture)
bed_deaths: number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
maine_divorce_rate: divorce rate in Maine (National Vital Statistics Reports)
margarine_percap: per capita consumption of margarine (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
miss_usa_age: age of miss america (Wikipedia)
steam_murders: number of murders by steam, hot vapours, or hot objects (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
arcade_revenue: total revenue generated by arcades in billions of dollars (U.S. Census Bureau)
computer_science_doctorates: computer science doctorates awarded in the US (National Science Foundation)
noncom_space_launches: worldwide non-commercial space launches (Federal Aviation Administration)
sociology_doctorates: sociology doctorates awarded (US) (National Science Foundation)
mozzarella_percap: per capita consumtion of mozzarella cheese (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
civil_engineering_doctorates: number of civil engineering doctorates awarded (National Science Foundation)
fishing_drownings: people who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
kentucky_marriage_rate: marriage rate in Kentucky (National Vital Statistics Reports)
train_collision_deaths: drivers killed in collisions with railway train (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
oil_imports_norway: US crude oil imports from Norway (Department of Energy)
chicken_percap: per capita consumption of chicken (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
oil_imports_total: total US crude oil imports (Department of Energy)
pool_drownings: number of people who drowned while in a swimming-pool (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
nuclear_power: power generated by US nuclear power plants (Department of Energy)
japanese_cars_sold: Japanese passenger cars sold in the US (U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
motor_vehicle_suicides: suicides by crashing of motor vehicle (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
spelling_bee_word_length: letters in winning Word of Scripps National Spelling Bee (National Spelling Bee)
spider_deaths: number of people killed by venomous spiders (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
math_doctorates: math doctorates awarded (National Science Foundation)
uranium: uranium stored at US nuclear power plants (Department of Engergy)