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us.car.repair.1969: Hartigan (1975) Frequency of Car Repairs

Description

The table contains the frequency of car repairs in 1969. Plus means above average. Minus means below average. This is Chapter 9 Table 9.4 in Chapter 9 of Hartigan (1975) on page 174.

Usage

data(us.car.repair.1969)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 33 observations on the following 14 variables.
model
a character vector for the model of the vehicle
BR
a factor for break system with levels - +
FU
a factor for fuel system with levels - +
EL
a factor for electrical with levels - +
EX
a factor for exhaust with levels - +
ST
a factor for steering with levels - +
EM
a factor for engine, mechanical with levels - +
RS
a factor for rattles and squeeks with levels - +
RA
a factor for real axle with levels - +
RU
a factor for rust with levels - +
SA
a factor for shock absorbers with levels - +
TC
a factor for transmission, clutch with levels - +
WA
a factor for wheel alignment with levels - +
OT
a factor for other with levels - +

Source

Consumer Reports Buying Guide (1969) SPAETH2 Cluster Analysis Datasets http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/datasets/spaeth2/spaeth2.html

Details

This table is used to illustrate the tree-leader algorithm.

References

Hartigan, J. A. (1975). Clustering Algorithms, John Wiley, New York.

Examples

Run this code
data(us.car.repair.1969)

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