The data set is adapted from Velleman and Hoaglin (1984). The body temperature of a cow is measured at 6:30am on 75 consecutive days. We use this data set with the intent of explaining the concept of "data smooting". The data appears on page 165 where we have 30 days body temperature.
Usage
data(CT)
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 30 observations on the following 2 variables.
Day
day number
Temperature
temperature at 6:30am
Source
The entire classic book of Velleman and Hoaglin is available at http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/78/2/A-B-C_of_EDA_040127.pdf
References
Velleman, P.F., and Hoaglin, D. (1984). Applications, Basics, and Computing of Exploratory Data Analysis.