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Basic Statistics and Data Analysis

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Data sets for book "Basic Statistics and Data Analysis" by Larry J. Kitchens

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Airdisasters

Aircraft disasters in five different decades

Apolipop

Level of apolipoprotein B and number of cups of coffee consumed per day for 15 adult males

Aptitude

Aptitude test scores versus productivity in a factory

Abbey

Daily price returns (in pence) of Abbey National shares between 7/31/91 and 10/8/91

Aid

Monthly payments per person for families in the AFDC federal program

Aids

Incubation times for 295 patients thought to be infected with HIV by a blood transfusion

Biology

Test scores on first exam in biology class

Aggress

Agressive tendency scores for a group of teenage members of a street gang

Earthqk

One hundred year record of worldwide seismic activity(1770-1869)

Coaxial

Signal loss from three types of coxial cable

Lifespan

Life span of electronic components used in a spacecraft versus heat

Arthriti

Time of relief for three treatments of arthritis

Habits

Study habits of students in two matched school districts

Adsales

Number of ads versus number of sales for a retailer of satellite dishes

Fertility

Fertility rates of all 50 states and DC

Heating

Fuel efficiency ratings for three types of oil heaters

Schizoph

Standardized exam scores for 13 patients to investigate the learning ability of schizophrenics after a specified dose of a tranquilizer

Parented

Education backgrounds of parents of entering freshmen at a state university

Commute

Commuting times for selected cities in 1980 and 1990

Fabric

Measures of softness of 10 different clothing garments washed with and without a softener

Alcohol

Ages at which 14 female alcoholics began drinking

Cigar

Milligrams of tar in 25 cigarettes selected randomly from 4 different brands

Insulate

Heat loss through a new insulating medium

Blood

Blood pressure of 15 adult males taken by machine and by an expert

Bumpers

Repair costs of vehicles crashed into a barrier at 5 miles per hour

Airline

Percentage of on-time arrivals and number of complaints for 11 airlines

Diesel

Diesel fuel prices in 1999-2000 in nine regions of the country

Skewed

Illustrates the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test

Backtoback

Illustrates inferences based on pooled t-test versus Wilcoxon rank sum test

Archaeo

Radiocarbon ages of observations taken from an archaeological site

Censored

Entry age and survival time of patients with small cell lung cancer under two different treatments

Eggs

Number of eggs versus amounts of feed supplement

Anxiety

Math test scores versus anxiety scores before the test

Governor

Annual salaries for state governors in 1994

Cat

Reading scores on the California achievement test for a group of 3rd graders

Brain

Brain weight versus body weight of 28 animals

Gasoline

Price of regular unleaded gasoline obtained from 25 service stations

Framingh

Cholesterol values of 62 subjects in the Framingham Heart Study

Bookstor

Prices paid for used books at three different bookstores

Challeng

Temperatures and O-ring failures for the launches of the space shuttle Challenger

Bigten

Graduation rates for student athletes and nonathletes in the Big Ten Conf.

Combinations

BSDA-package

Basic Statistics and Data Analysis

Cpi

Consumer price index from 1979 to 1998

Groupabc

Group data to illustrate analysis of variance

Chipavg

Measurements of the thickness of the oxide layer of manufactured integrated circuits

Bbsalaries

Baseball salaries for members of five major league teams

Achieve

Math achievement test scores by gender for 25 high school students

Indian

Educational attainment versus per capita income and poverty rate for American indians living on reservations

Counsel

Scores of 18 volunteers who participated in a counseling process

Diplomat

Parking tickets issued to diplomats

Coins

Yearly returns on 12 investments

Abc

Three samples to illustrate analysis of variance

Firstchi

Ages of women at the birth of their first child

Fish

Length and number of fish caught with small and large mesh codend

Abilene

Crimes reported in Abilene, Texas

Cabinets

Estimates of costs of kitchen cabinets by two suppliers on 20 prospective homes

Jdpower

Number of problems reported per 100 cars in 1994 versus 1995s

Allergy

Allergy medicines by adverse events

Abortion

Abortion rate by region of country

Indy500

Qualifying miles per hour and number of previous starts for drivers in 79th Indianapolis 500 race

Longtail

Long-tailed distributions to illustrate Kruskal Wallis test

Autogear

Number of defective auto gears produced by two manufacturers

Nascar

Efficiency of pit crews for three major NASCAR teams

Birth

Live birth rates in 1990 and 1998 for all states

Concrete

Compressive strength of concrete blocks made by two different methods

Chevy

Insurance injury ratings of Chevrolet vehicles for 1990 and 1993 models

Groups

An illustration of analysis of variance

Chips

Four measurements on a first wafer and four measurements on a second wafer selected from 30 lots

Heat

Primary heating sources of homes on indian reservations versus all households

Engineer

Salaries after 10 years for graduates of three different universities

Presiden

Ages at inauguration and death of U.S. presidents

Homes

Median prices of single-family homes in 65 metropolitan statistical areas

Dyslexia

Data on a group of college students diagnosed with dyslexia

Bypass

Median charges for coronary bypass at 17 hospitals in North Carolina

Detroit

Educational levels of a sample of 40 auto workers in Detroit

Bus

Attendance of bus drivers versus attendance

Grnriv2

Thickness of a varved section of the Green river oil shale deposit near a major lake in the Rocky Mountains

Food

Annual food expenditures for 40 single households in Ohio

Newsstand

Daily profits for 20 newsstands

Hodgkin

Results of treatments for Hodgkin's disease

Crime

Violent crime rates for the states in 1983 and 1993

Epatwoseater

Fuel efficiency ratings for two-seater vehicles in 2001

Elderly

Percent of the population over the age of 65

Honda

Miles per gallon for a Honda Civic on 35 different occasions

Gallup

Results of a Gallup poll on possession of marijuana as a criminal offense conducted in 1980

Delay

Delay times on 20 flights from four major air carriers

Malpract

Amounts awarded in 17 malpractice cases

Disposal

Toxic intensity for plants producing herbicidal preparations

Inletoil

Inlet oil temperature through a valve

Monoxide

Carbon monoxide emitted by smoke stacks of a manufacturer and a competitor

Speed

Speed reading scores before and after a course on speed reading

Defectiv

Number of defective items produced by 20 employees

Orioles

Salaries of members of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team

Prognost

Klopfer's prognostic rating scale for subjects receiving behavior modification therapy

Marked

Percent of marked cars in 65 police departments in Florida

Test1

Grades on the first test in a statistics class

Asthmati

Asthmatic relief index on 9 subjects given a drug and a placebo

Nfldraft

Rating, time in 40-yard dash, and weight of top offensive linemen in the 1994 NFL draft

Submarin

Number of German submarines sunk by U.S. Navy in World War II

Sophomor

Grade point averages, SAT scores and final grade in college algebra for 20 sophomores

Inflatio

Private pay increase of salaried employees versus inflation rate

Window

Wind leakage for storm windows exposed to a 50 mph wind

Laminect

Median costs of laminectomies at hospitals across North Carolina in 1992

Miller

Miller personality test scores for a group of college students applying for graduate school

Galaxie

Velocities of 82 galaxies in the Corona Borealis region

Poison

Number of poisonings reported to 16 poison control centers

Appendec

Median costs of appendectomies at three different types of North Carolina hospitals

Pollutio

Air pollution index for 15 randomly selected days for a major western city

Dopamine

Dopamine b-hydroxylase activity of schizophrenic patients treated with an antipsychotic drug

Maze

Error scores for four groups of experimental animals running a maze

Moisture

Moisture content and depth of core sample for marine muds in eastern Louisiana

Tonsils

Size of tonsils collected from 1,398 children

Educat

Crime rates versus the percent of the population without a high school degree

Hurrican

Number of storms, hurricanes and El Nino effects from 1950 through 1995

Senior

Reaction times of 30 senior citizens applying for drivers license renewals

Lead

Lead levels in children's blood whose parents worked in a battery factory

Vocab

Reading scores before and after vocabulary training for 14 employees who did not complete high school

Shock

Effect of experimental shock on time to complete difficult task

Politic

Political party and gender in a voting district

Sports

Favorite sport by gender

Subway

Time it takes a subway to travel from the airport to downtown

Inspect

Percent of vehicles passing inspection by type inspection station

Indiapol

Average miles per hour for the winners of the Indianapolis 500 race

Chemist

Starting salaries of 50 chemistry majors

SIGN.test

Sign Test

Carbon

Carbon monoxide level measured at three industrial sites

Asprin

Dissolving time versus level of impurities in aspirin tablets

Slc

Sodium-lithium countertransport activity on 190 individuals from six large English kindred

Domestic

Rates of domestic violence per 1,000 women by age groups

Blackedu

Education level of blacks by gender

Attorney

Number of convictions reported by U.S. attorney's offices

Dice

Outcomes and probabilities of the roll of a pair of fair dice

EDA

Exploratory Data Anaalysis

Nfldraf2

Rating, time in 40-yard dash, and weight of top defensive linemen in the 1994 NFL draft

Step

STEP science test scores for a class of ability-grouped students

Corn

Comparison of the yields of a new variety and a standard variety of corn planted on 12 plots of land

Entrance

College entrance exam scores for 24 high school seniors

Correlat

Exercise to illustrate correlation

South

Murder rates for 30 cities in the South

Ratings

Grade point averages versus teacher's ratings

Irises

R.A. Fishers famous data on sepal length of a species of Iris Setosa

Fitness

Number of sit-ups before and after a physical fitness course

Ferraro2

Choice of vice presidental candidate in 1984 by gender

Lethal

Survival time of mice injected with an experimental lethal drug

Drug

Number of trials to master a task for a group of 28 subjects assigned to a control and an experimental group

Puerto

Weekly incomes of a random sample of 50 Puerto Rican families in Miami

Freshman

Ages of a random sample of 30 college freshmen

Hostile

Hostility levels of high school students from rural, suburban, and urban areas

Movie

Moral attitude scale on 15 subjects before and after viewing a movie

Chesapea

Surface salinity measurements taken offshore from Annapolis, Maryland in 1927

Epaminicompact

Fuel efficiency ratings for compact vehicles in 2001

Dealers

Automobile dealers classified according to type dealership and service rendered to customers

Hardware

Daily receipts for a small hardware store for 31 working days

Ferraro1

Choice of presidental ticket in 1984 by gender

Quality

Quality control test scores on two manufacturing processes

Patrol

Years of experience and number of tickets given by patrolpersons in New York City

Degree

Percent of bachelor's degrees awarded women in 1970 versus 1990

Readiq

Reading scores versus IQ scores

Soccer

Weights of 25 soccer players

Inmate

Type of drug offense by race

Tensile

Tensile strength of plastic bags from two production runs

nsize

Required Sample Size

Drink

Opinion on referendum by view on moral issue of selling alcoholic beverages

Nicotine

Nicotine content versus sales for 8 major brands of cigarettes

SRS

Simple Random Sampling

Family

Size of family versus cost per person per week for groceries

Haptologo

Haptoglobin concentration in blood serum of 8 healthy adults

Smokyph

Water pH levels of 75 water samples taken in the Great Smoky Mountains

Tablrock

Ozone concentrations at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina

Oxytocin

Arterial blood pressure of 11 subjects before and after receiving oxytocin

Spouse

Convictions in spouse murder cases by gender

Fluid

Breakdown times of an insulating fluid under various levels of voltage stress

Golf

Distances a golf ball can be driven by 20 professional golfers

Snore

Snoring versus heart disease

Music

Improvement scores for identical twins taught music recognition by two techniques

Poverty

Percent poverty and crime rate for selected cities

Kinder

Reading scores for first grade children who attended kindergarten versus those who did not

Gpa

High school GPA versus college GPA

Rat

Survival times of 20 rats exposed to high levels of radiation

Lodge

Measured traffic at three prospective locations for a motor lodge

Jobsat

Job satisfaction and stress level for 9 school teachers

Tiaa

1999-2000 closing prices for TIAA-CREF stocks

Greenriv

Varve thickness from a sequence through an Eocene lake deposit in the Rocky Mountains

Nervous

Reaction effects of 4 drugs on 25 subjects with a nervous disorder

Reaction

Threshold reaction time for persons subjected to emotional stress

Randd

Research and development expenditures and sales of a large company

Quail

Plasma LDL levels in two groups of quail

Citrus

Percent of peak bone density of different aged children

Retail

Length of employment versus gross sales for 10 employees of a large retail store

Stable

Times of a 2-year old stallion on a one mile run

Superbowl

Margin of victory in Superbowls I to XXXV

Repair

Recorded times for repairing 22 automobiles involved in wrecks

Salinity

Surface-water salinity measurements from Whitewater Bay, Florida

German

Number of errors in copying a German passage before and after an experimental course in German

Verbal

Verbal test scores and number of library books checked out for 15 eighth graders

Viscosit

Viscosity measurements of a substance on two different days

Spelling

Spelling scores for 9 eighth graders before and after a 2-week course of instruction

Shuttle

Number of people riding shuttle versus number of automobiles in the downtown area

z.test

Z-test

Program

Effects of four different methods of programmed learning for statistics students

Kilowatt

Rates per kilowatt-hour for each of the 50 states and DC

Metrent

Monthly rental costs in metro areas with 1 million or more persons

Press

Degree of confidence in the press versus education level for 20 randomly selected persons

Funeral

Cost of funeral by region of country

Weather94

Weather casualties in 1994

Chicken

Weight gain of chickens fed three different rations

Rural

Social adjustment scores for a rural group and a city group of children

Situp

Maximum number of situps by participants in an exercise class

Ligntmonth

Relationship between damage reports and deaths caused by lightning

Percent of students that watch more than 6 hours of TV per day versus national math test scores

Reading

Standardized reading scores for 30 fifth graders

Sat

SAT scores, percent taking exam and state funding per student by state for 1994, 1995 and 1999

Median

Illustrates test of equality of medians with the Kruskal Wallis test

Darwin

Charles Darwin's study of cross-fertilized and self-fertilized plants

tsum.test

Summarized t-test

Wastewat

Volume of injected waste water from Rocky Mountain Arsenal and number of earthquakes near Denver

Iqgpa

GPA versus IQ for 12 individuals

Concept

Tennessee self concept scale scores for a group of teenage boys

Skin

Survival times of closely and poorly matched skin grafts on burn patients

Manager

Advertised salaries offered general managers of major corporations in 1995

Hardwood

Tensile strength of Kraft paper for different percentages of hardwood in the batches of pulp

Coffee

Productivity of workers with and without a coffee break

Yearsunspot

Monthly sunspot activity from 1974 to 2000

Dowjones

Closing yearend Dow Jones Industrial averages from 1896 through 2000

Iceberg

Number of icebergs sighted each month south of Newfoundland and south of the Grand Banks in 1920

Income

Percent change in personal income from 1st to 2nd quarter in 2000

MATH

Standardized math test scores for 30 students

Sentence

Sentences of 41 prisoners convicted of a homicide offense

Seatbelt

Injury level versus seatbelt usage

Supercar

Top speeds attained by five makes of supercars

Lowabil

Reading skills of 24 matched low ability students

Prejudic

Racial prejudice measured on a sample of 25 high school students

Track

National Olympic records for women in several races

Miller1

Twenty scores on the Miller personality test

Wool

Strength tests of two types of wool fabric

Statisti

Test scores for two beginning statistics classes

Wins

Baseball team wins versus 7 independent variables for National league teams in 1990

Life

Life expectancy of men and women in U.S.

Twin

Intelligence test scores for identical twins in which one twin is given a drug

Salary

Starting salaries for 25 new PhD psychologist

Bones

Bone density measurements of 35 physically active and 35 non-active women

Develop

Demographic characteristics of developmental students at 2-year colleges and 4-year colleges

Ticket

Time to complete an airline ticket reservation

Statclas

Grades for two introductory statistics classes

Phone

Length of long-distance phone calls for a small business firm

Tort

The number of torts, average number of months to process a tort, and county population from the court files of the nation's largest counties

Name

Estimated value of a brand name product and the conpany's revenue

Mathcomp

Standardized math competency for a group of entering freshmen at a small community college

Shkdrug

Effects of a drug and electroshock therapy on the ability to solve simple tasks

Spellers

Standardized spelling test scores for two fourth grade classes

Toxic

Hazardous waste sites near minority communities

Mental

Median mental ages of 16 girls

Anesthet

Recovery times for anesthetized patients

Scales

Readings obtained from a 100 pound weight placed on four brands of bathroom scales

Vehicle

Fatality ratings for foreign and domestic vehicles

Shoplift

Sales receipts versus shoplifting losses for a department store

Treatments

Illustrates analysis of variance for three treatment groups

Tenness

Tennessee self concept scores for 20 gifted high school students

Thermal

Heat loss of thermal pane windows versus outside temperature

Magnesiu

Magnesium concentration and distances between samples

Vacation

Number of days of paid holidays and vacation leave for sample of 35 textile workers

Study

Number of hours studied per week by a sample of 50 freshmen

Precinct

Robbery rates versus percent low income in 8 precincts

Selfdefe

Self-confidence scores for 9 women before and after instructions on self-defense

Toaster

Consumer Reports (Oct 94) rating of toaster ovens versus the cost

Sunspot

Wolfer sunspot numbers from 1700 through 2000

Teacher

Average teacher's salaries across the states in the 70s 80s and 90s

Leader

Leadership exam scores by age for employees on an industrial plant

ntester

Normality Tester

Undergrad

Data set describing a sample of undergraduate students

Wheat

Price of a bushel of wheat versus the national weekly earnings of production workers

normarea

Normal Area

Books

Number of books read and final spelling scores for 17 third graders

Vaccine

Reported serious reactions due to vaccines in 11 southern states

zsum.test

Summarized z-test

Referend

Opinion on referendum by view on freedom of the press

Mercury

Concentration of mercury in 25 lake trout

Windmill

Direct current produced by different wind velocities

Schizop2

Exam scores for 17 patients to assess the learning ability of schizophrenics after taking a specified does of a tranquilizer

Maintenance cost versus age of cash registers in a department store

Short

James Short's measurements of the parallax of the sun

Orange

Price of oranges versus size of the harvest

Porosity

Porosity measurements on 20 samples of Tensleep Sandstone, Pennsylvanian from Bighorn Basin in Wyoming

Pearson

Karl Pearson's data on heights of brothers and sisters

Social

Median income level for 25 social workers from North Carolina

Gym

Children's age versus number of completed gymnastic activities

Homework

Number of hours per week spent on homework for private and public high school students

Track15

Olympic winning times for the men's 1500-meter run

Stress

Short-term memory test scores on 12 subjects before and after a stressful situation

Trucks

Miles per gallon for standard 4-wheel drive trucks manufactured by Chevrolet, Dodge and Ford

Ability

Perceived math ability for 13-year olds by gender

Remedial

Math placement test score for 35 freshmen females and 42 freshmen males

Stamp

Thicknesses of 1872 Hidalgo stamps issued in Mexico

Region

Pollution index taken in three regions of the country

Rehab

Rehabilitative potential of 20 prison inmates as judged by two psychiatrists

Append

Median costs of an appendectomy at 20 hospitals in North Carolina

Visual

Visual acuity of a group of subjects tested under a specified dose of a drug

Trees

Number of trees in 20 grids

Executiv

Ages of 25 executives

Housing

Median home prices for 1984 and 1993 in 37 markets across the U.S.

Statelaw

Operating expenditures per resident for each of the state law enforcement agencies

Faithful

Waiting times between successive eruptions of the Old Faithful geyser

Mathpro

Math proficiency and SAT scores by states

Energy

Amount of energy consumed by homes versus their sizes

Victoria

Number of sunspots versus mean annual level of Lake Victoria Nyanza from 1902 to 1921

Kidsmoke

Smoking habits of boys and girls ages 12 to 18

Cigarett

Effect of mother's smoking on birth weight of newborn

Absent

Number of absent days for 20 employees

Artifici

Durations of operation for 15 artificial heart transplants

Cancer

Survival times of terminal cancer patients treated with vitamin C

Devmath

Test scores for students who failed developmental mathematics in the fall semester 1995

Florida2000

Florida voter results in the 2000 presidential election

Graduate

Graduation rates for student athletes in the Southeastern Conf.

Grades

Test grades in a beginning statistics class

Independent

Illustrates a comparison problem for long-tailed distributions

Psych

Correct responses for 24 students in a psychology experiment

Rentals

Weekly rentals for 45 apartments

Saving

Problem asset ration for savings and loan companies in California, New York, and Texas

Ronbrown2

Oceanography data obtained at site 2 by scientist aboard the ship Ron Brown

Snow

Concentration of microparticles in snowfields of Greenland and Antarctica

CIsim

Confidence Interval Simulation Program

Clean

Residual contaminant following the use of three different cleansing agents

Board

Incomes of board members from three different universities

Dogs

Rankings of the favorite breeds of dogs

Depend

Number of dependent children for 50 families

Exercise

Weight loss for 30 members of an exercise program

Psat

PSAT scores versus SAT scores

Rainks

Rainfall in an area of west central Kansas and four surrounding counties

Ronbrown1

Oceanography data obtained at site 1 by scientist aboard the ship Ron Brown

Simpson

Grade point averages of men and women participating in various sports-an illustration of Simpson's paradox