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data.anscombe: Anscombe's Quartet

Description

This data set comprises four individual x-y-data sets which have the same statistical properties (mean, variance, correlation, regression line, etc.), yet are quite different.

Usage

data.anscombe

Arguments

Format

A data frame of 4 data sets, each with 11 observations of the two variables x and y.

x1 to x4x-variables of the four data sets.
y1 to y4y-variables of the four data sets.

Details

In Auer et al. (2024, Chap. 3) these data are used to illustrate the simple regression model and the importance to visually evaluate datasets before a numerical analysis is performed.

References

Tufte, E.R. (1989): The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 13-14. Graphics Press.

Auer, L.v., Hoffmann, S. & Kranz, T. (2024): Ökonometrie - Das R-Arbeitsbuch, 2nd ed., Springer-Gabler (https://www.oekonometrie-lernen.de).