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wool: Wool data

Description

This is a three-factor experiment with each factor at three levels, for a total of 27 runs. Samples of worsted yarn were with different levels of the three factors were given a cyclic load until the sample failed. The goal is to understand how cycles to failure depends on the factors.

Arguments

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:
Len
length of specimen (250, 300, 350 mm)
Amp
amplitude of loading cycle (8, 9, 10 min)
Load
load (40, 45, 50g)
Cycles
number of cycles until failure

Source

Box, G. E. P. and Cox, D. R. (1964). An analysis of transformations (with discussion). J. Royal Statist. Soc., B26, 211-46.

References

Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Section 6.3.

Examples

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head(wool)

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