SemiPar (version 1.0-4.2)

fuel.frame: Automobile data from consumer reports

Description

The fuel.frame data frame contains data on 5 variables (columns) for 117 cars (rows).

Usage

data(fuel.frame)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

car.name

character variable giving the name (make) of the car

Weight

the weight of the car in pounds.

Disp.

the engine displacement in litres.

Mileage

gas mileage in miles/gallon.

Fuel

a derived variable concerning fuel efficiency.

Type

a factor giving the general type of car. The levels are: Small ,Sporty , Compact , Medium , Large , Van.

References

Chambers, J.M. and Hastie, T.J. (eds.) (1992) Statistical Models in S. Wadsworth and Brooks, Pacific Grove, California.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(SemiPar)
data(fuel.frame)
pairs(fuel.frame)
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
fuel.fit <- lm(Fuel ~ Weight + Disp.,fuel.frame)
plot(fuel.fit,ask=FALSE)
par(mfrow=c(1,1))
# }