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Basic Statistics and Data Analysis

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Data sets for book "Basic Statistics and Data Analysis" by Larry J. Kitchens

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Heating

Fuel efficiency ratings for three types of oil heaters

Bigten

Graduation rates for student athletes and nonathletes in the Big Ten Conf.

Board

Incomes of board members from three different universities

Devmath

Test scores for students who failed developmental mathematics in the fall semester 1995

Haptologo

Haptoglobin concentration in blood serum of 8 healthy adults

Books

Number of books read and final spelling scores for 17 third graders

Attorney

Number of convictions reported by U.S. attorney's offices

Brain

Brain weight versus body weight of 28 animals

Cigar

Milligrams of tar in 25 cigarettes selected randomly from 4 different brands

Achieve

Math achievement test scores by gender for 25 high school students

Ability

Perceived math ability for 13-year olds by gender

Asthmati

Asthmatic relief index on 9 subjects given a drug and a placebo

Alcohol

Ages at which 14 female alcoholics began drinking

Adsales

Number of ads versus number of sales for a retailer of satellite dishes

Bookstor

Prices paid for used books at three different bookstores

Corn

Comparison of the yields of a new variety and a standard variety of corn planted on 12 plots of land

Chevy

Insurance injury ratings of Chevrolet vehicles for 1990 and 1993 models

Florida2000

Florida voter results in the 2000 presidential election

Append

Median costs of an appendectomy at 20 hospitals in North Carolina

Archaeo

Radiocarbon ages of observations taken from an archaeological site

Coaxial

Signal loss from three types of coxial cable

Challeng

Temperatures and O-ring failures for the launches of the space shuttle Challenger

Aids

Incubation times for 295 patients thought to be infected with HIV by a blood transfusion

Coins

Yearly returns on 12 investments

Abortion

Abortion rate by region of country

Galaxie

Velocities of 82 galaxies in the Corona Borealis region

Dyslexia

Data on a group of college students diagnosed with dyslexia

Appendec

Median costs of appendectomies at three different types of North Carolina hospitals

Bus

Attendance of bus drivers versus attendance

Backtoback

Illustrates inferences based on pooled t-test versus Wilcoxon rank sum test

Hurrican

Number of storms, hurricanes and El Nino effects from 1950 through 1995

Indy500

Qualifying miles per hour and number of previous starts for drivers in 79th Indianapolis 500 race

Kinder

Reading scores for first grade children who attended kindergarten versus those who did not

Chips

Four measurements on a first wafer and four measurements on a second wafer selected from 30 lots

Framingh

Cholesterol values of 62 subjects in the Framingham Heart Study

Dogs

Rankings of the favorite breeds of dogs

Arthriti

Time of relief for three treatments of arthritis

Citrus

Percent of peak bone density of different aged children

Blood

Blood pressure of 15 adult males taken by machine and by an expert

Commute

Commuting times for selected cities in 1980 and 1990

Cat

Reading scores on the California achievement test for a group of 3rd graders

German

Number of errors in copying a German passage before and after an experimental course in German

Bbsalaries

Baseball salaries for members of five major league teams

Hodgkin

Results of treatments for Hodgkin's disease

Abc

Three samples to illustrate analysis of variance

Develop

Demographic characteristics of developmental students at 2-year colleges and 4-year colleges

Defectiv

Number of defective items produced by 20 employees

Ratings

Grade point averages versus teacher's ratings

Disposal

Toxic intensity for plants producing herbicidal preparations

Oxytocin

Arterial blood pressure of 11 subjects before and after receiving oxytocin

Biology

Test scores on first exam in biology class

Chipavg

Measurements of the thickness of the oxide layer of manufactured integrated circuits

Grades

Test grades in a beginning statistics class

Airline

Percentage of on-time arrivals and number of complaints for 11 airlines

Combinations

Apolipop

Level of apolipoprotein B and number of cups of coffee consumed per day for 15 adult males

BSDA-package

Basic Statistics and Data Analysis

Chemist

Starting salaries of 50 chemistry majors

Detroit

Educational levels of a sample of 40 auto workers in Detroit

Autogear

Number of defective auto gears produced by two manufacturers

EDA

Exploratory Data Anaalysis

Homework

Number of hours per week spent on homework for private and public high school students

Lifespan

Life span of electronic components used in a spacecraft versus heat

Correlat

Exercise to illustrate correlation

Lowabil

Reading skills of 24 matched low ability students

Fitness

Number of sit-ups before and after a physical fitness course

Abbey

Daily price returns (in pence) of Abbey National shares between 7/31/91 and 10/8/91

Freshman

Ages of a random sample of 30 college freshmen

Homes

Median prices of single-family homes in 65 metropolitan statistical areas

Hardwood

Tensile strength of Kraft paper for different percentages of hardwood in the batches of pulp

Governor

Annual salaries for state governors in 1994

Ferraro1

Choice of presidental ticket in 1984 by gender

Artifici

Durations of operation for 15 artificial heart transplants

Chesapea

Surface salinity measurements taken offshore from Annapolis, Maryland in 1927

Dowjones

Closing yearend Dow Jones Industrial averages from 1896 through 2000

Hostile

Hostility levels of high school students from rural, suburban, and urban areas

Miller1

Twenty scores on the Miller personality test

Elderly

Percent of the population over the age of 65

Dopamine

Dopamine b-hydroxylase activity of schizophrenic patients treated with an antipsychotic drug

Epaminicompact

Fuel efficiency ratings for compact vehicles in 2001

Darwin

Charles Darwin's study of cross-fertilized and self-fertilized plants

Absent

Number of absent days for 20 employees

Blackedu

Education level of blacks by gender

Bones

Bone density measurements of 35 physically active and 35 non-active women

Diesel

Diesel fuel prices in 1999-2000 in nine regions of the country

Carbon

Carbon monoxide level measured at three industrial sites

Counsel

Scores of 18 volunteers who participated in a counseling process

Abilene

Crimes reported in Abilene, Texas

Aptitude

Aptitude test scores versus productivity in a factory

CIsim

Confidence Interval Simulation Program

Coffee

Productivity of workers with and without a coffee break

Delay

Delay times on 20 flights from four major air carriers

Bypass

Median charges for coronary bypass at 17 hospitals in North Carolina

Family

Size of family versus cost per person per week for groceries

Censored

Entry age and survival time of patients with small cell lung cancer under two different treatments

Drug

Number of trials to master a task for a group of 28 subjects assigned to a control and an experimental group

Miller

Miller personality test scores for a group of college students applying for graduate school

Drink

Opinion on referendum by view on moral issue of selling alcoholic beverages

Cancer

Survival times of terminal cancer patients treated with vitamin C

Cigarett

Effect of mother's smoking on birth weight of newborn

Crime

Violent crime rates for the states in 1983 and 1993

Airdisasters

Aircraft disasters in five different decades

Chicken

Weight gain of chickens fed three different rations

Birth

Live birth rates in 1990 and 1998 for all states

Bumpers

Repair costs of vehicles crashed into a barrier at 5 miles per hour

Fluid

Breakdown times of an insulating fluid under various levels of voltage stress

Groups

An illustration of analysis of variance

Educat

Crime rates versus the percent of the population without a high school degree

Dealers

Automobile dealers classified according to type dealership and service rendered to customers

Asprin

Dissolving time versus level of impurities in aspirin tablets

Degree

Percent of bachelor's degrees awarded women in 1970 versus 1990

Earthqk

One hundred year record of worldwide seismic activity(1770-1869)

Life

Life expectancy of men and women in U.S.

Presiden

Ages at inauguration and death of U.S. presidents

Domestic

Rates of domestic violence per 1,000 women by age groups

Epatwoseater

Fuel efficiency ratings for two-seater vehicles in 2001

Nicotine

Nicotine content versus sales for 8 major brands of cigarettes

Energy

Amount of energy consumed by homes versus their sizes

Quality

Quality control test scores on two manufacturing processes

Manager

Advertised salaries offered general managers of major corporations in 1995

Engineer

Salaries after 10 years for graduates of three different universities

Lead

Lead levels in children's blood whose parents worked in a battery factory

Entrance

College entrance exam scores for 24 high school seniors

Statclas

Grades for two introductory statistics classes

Metrent

Monthly rental costs in metro areas with 1 million or more persons

Funeral

Cost of funeral by region of country

Fish

Length and number of fish caught with small and large mesh codend

Food

Annual food expenditures for 40 single households in Ohio

Exercise

Weight loss for 30 members of an exercise program

Anesthet

Recovery times for anesthetized patients

Laminect

Median costs of laminectomies at hospitals across North Carolina in 1992

Concrete

Compressive strength of concrete blocks made by two different methods

Psych

Correct responses for 24 students in a psychology experiment

Prejudic

Racial prejudice measured on a sample of 25 high school students

Faithful

Waiting times between successive eruptions of the Old Faithful geyser

Dice

Outcomes and probabilities of the roll of a pair of fair dice

Ferraro2

Choice of vice presidental candidate in 1984 by gender

Monoxide

Carbon monoxide emitted by smoke stacks of a manufacturer and a competitor

Name

Estimated value of a brand name product and the conpany's revenue

Nervous

Reaction effects of 4 drugs on 25 subjects with a nervous disorder

Kidsmoke

Smoking habits of boys and girls ages 12 to 18

Porosity

Porosity measurements on 20 samples of Tensleep Sandstone, Pennsylvanian from Bighorn Basin in Wyoming

Gallup

Results of a Gallup poll on possession of marijuana as a criminal offense conducted in 1980

Newsstand

Daily profits for 20 newsstands

Ronbrown1

Oceanography data obtained at site 1 by scientist aboard the ship Ron Brown

Nfldraf2

Rating, time in 40-yard dash, and weight of top defensive linemen in the 1994 NFL draft

Gasoline

Price of regular unleaded gasoline obtained from 25 service stations

Mathcomp

Standardized math competency for a group of entering freshmen at a small community college

Fabric

Measures of softness of 10 different clothing garments washed with and without a softener

Greenriv

Varve thickness from a sequence through an Eocene lake deposit in the Rocky Mountains

Sports

Favorite sport by gender

Nascar

Efficiency of pit crews for three major NASCAR teams

Lodge

Measured traffic at three prospective locations for a motor lodge

Jdpower

Number of problems reported per 100 cars in 1994 versus 1995s

Gym

Children's age versus number of completed gymnastic activities

Victoria

Number of sunspots versus mean annual level of Lake Victoria Nyanza from 1902 to 1921

Spellers

Standardized spelling test scores for two fourth grade classes

Treatments

Illustrates analysis of variance for three treatment groups

Median

Illustrates test of equality of medians with the Kruskal Wallis test

Shkdrug

Effects of a drug and electroshock therapy on the ability to solve simple tasks

Firstchi

Ages of women at the birth of their first child

MATH

Standardized math test scores for 30 students

Mercury

Concentration of mercury in 25 lake trout

Politic

Political party and gender in a voting district

Grnriv2

Thickness of a varved section of the Green river oil shale deposit near a major lake in the Rocky Mountains

Rural

Social adjustment scores for a rural group and a city group of children

Readiq

Reading scores versus IQ scores

Groupabc

Group data to illustrate analysis of variance

Region

Pollution index taken in three regions of the country

Sentence

Sentences of 41 prisoners convicted of a homicide offense

Iceberg

Number of icebergs sighted each month south of Newfoundland and south of the Grand Banks in 1920

Concept

Tennessee self concept scale scores for a group of teenage boys

Visual

Visual acuity of a group of subjects tested under a specified dose of a drug

Inletoil

Inlet oil temperature through a valve

Executiv

Ages of 25 executives

Simpson

Grade point averages of men and women participating in various sports-an illustration of Simpson's paradox

Clean

Residual contaminant following the use of three different cleansing agents

Statelaw

Operating expenditures per resident for each of the state law enforcement agencies

Honda

Miles per gallon for a Honda Civic on 35 different occasions

Ticket

Time to complete an airline ticket reservation

Patrol

Years of experience and number of tickets given by patrolpersons in New York City

Situp

Maximum number of situps by participants in an exercise class

Maze

Error scores for four groups of experimental animals running a maze

Depend

Number of dependent children for 50 families

Orange

Price of oranges versus size of the harvest

Independent

Illustrates a comparison problem for long-tailed distributions

Snore

Snoring versus heart disease

Fertility

Fertility rates of all 50 states and DC

Ligntmonth

Relationship between damage reports and deaths caused by lightning

Pearson

Karl Pearson's data on heights of brothers and sisters

Eggs

Number of eggs versus amounts of feed supplement

Leader

Leadership exam scores by age for employees on an industrial plant

Seatbelt

Injury level versus seatbelt usage

Indian

Educational attainment versus per capita income and poverty rate for American indians living on reservations

Inmate

Type of drug offense by race

Selfdefe

Self-confidence scores for 9 women before and after instructions on self-defense

Inspect

Percent of vehicles passing inspection by type inspection station

Shock

Effect of experimental shock on time to complete difficult task

Music

Improvement scores for identical twins taught music recognition by two techniques

Mathpro

Math proficiency and SAT scores by states

Short

James Short's measurements of the parallax of the sun

Indiapol

Average miles per hour for the winners of the Indianapolis 500 race

Cpi

Consumer price index from 1979 to 1998

Gpa

High school GPA versus college GPA

Vaccine

Reported serious reactions due to vaccines in 11 southern states

Toaster

Consumer Reports (Oct 94) rating of toaster ovens versus the cost

SIGN.test

Sign Test

Senior

Reaction times of 30 senior citizens applying for drivers license renewals

Shuttle

Number of people riding shuttle versus number of automobiles in the downtown area

Golf

Distances a golf ball can be driven by 20 professional golfers

Heat

Primary heating sources of homes on indian reservations versus all households

South

Murder rates for 30 cities in the South

Habits

Study habits of students in two matched school districts

SRS

Simple Random Sampling

Housing

Median home prices for 1984 and 1993 in 37 markets across the U.S.

Jobsat

Job satisfaction and stress level for 9 school teachers

Teacher

Average teacher's salaries across the states in the 70s 80s and 90s

Supercar

Top speeds attained by five makes of supercars

Spelling

Spelling scores for 9 eighth graders before and after a 2-week course of instruction

Income

Percent change in personal income from 1st to 2nd quarter in 2000

Iqgpa

GPA versus IQ for 12 individuals

Irises

R.A. Fishers famous data on sepal length of a species of Iris Setosa

Diplomat

Parking tickets issued to diplomats

Inflatio

Private pay increase of salaried employees versus inflation rate

Randd

Research and development expenditures and sales of a large company

Mental

Median mental ages of 16 girls

Soccer

Weights of 25 soccer players

Snow

Concentration of microparticles in snowfields of Greenland and Antarctica

Schizoph

Standardized exam scores for 13 patients to investigate the learning ability of schizophrenics after a specified dose of a tranquilizer

Longtail

Long-tailed distributions to illustrate Kruskal Wallis test

Track15

Olympic winning times for the men's 1500-meter run

Window

Wind leakage for storm windows exposed to a 50 mph wind

Parented

Education backgrounds of parents of entering freshmen at a state university

Repair

Recorded times for repairing 22 automobiles involved in wrecks

Submarin

Number of German submarines sunk by U.S. Navy in World War II

Thermal

Heat loss of thermal pane windows versus outside temperature

Stress

Short-term memory test scores on 12 subjects before and after a stressful situation

Marked

Percent of marked cars in 65 police departments in Florida

Tiaa

1999-2000 closing prices for TIAA-CREF stocks

Poverty

Percent poverty and crime rate for selected cities

Shoplift

Sales receipts versus shoplifting losses for a department store

ntester

Normality Tester

Stable

Times of a 2-year old stallion on a one mile run

Vehicle

Fatality ratings for foreign and domestic vehicles

Prognost

Klopfer's prognostic rating scale for subjects receiving behavior modification therapy

Wins

Baseball team wins versus 7 independent variables for National league teams in 1990

tsum.test

Summarized t-test

Yearsunspot

Monthly sunspot activity from 1974 to 2000

z.test

Z-test

Salary

Starting salaries for 25 new PhD psychologist

Sophomor

Grade point averages, SAT scores and final grade in college algebra for 20 sophomores

Psat

PSAT scores versus SAT scores

Rat

Survival times of 20 rats exposed to high levels of radiation

Moisture

Moisture content and depth of core sample for marine muds in eastern Louisiana

Aid

Monthly payments per person for families in the AFDC federal program

Hardware

Daily receipts for a small hardware store for 31 working days

Lethal

Survival time of mice injected with an experimental lethal drug

Tort

The number of torts, average number of months to process a tort, and county population from the court files of the nation's largest counties

Wool

Strength tests of two types of wool fabric

Movie

Moral attitude scale on 15 subjects before and after viewing a movie

Rainks

Rainfall in an area of west central Kansas and four surrounding counties

Aggress

Agressive tendency scores for a group of teenage members of a street gang

Kilowatt

Rates per kilowatt-hour for each of the 50 states and DC

Cabinets

Estimates of costs of kitchen cabinets by two suppliers on 20 prospective homes

Rentals

Weekly rentals for 45 apartments

Sat

SAT scores, percent taking exam and state funding per student by state for 1994, 1995 and 1999

Retail

Length of employment versus gross sales for 10 employees of a large retail store

Referend

Opinion on referendum by view on freedom of the press

Poison

Number of poisonings reported to 16 poison control centers

Press

Degree of confidence in the press versus education level for 20 randomly selected persons

Ronbrown2

Oceanography data obtained at site 2 by scientist aboard the ship Ron Brown

Windmill

Direct current produced by different wind velocities

Subway

Time it takes a subway to travel from the airport to downtown

Skin

Survival times of closely and poorly matched skin grafts on burn patients

Sunspot

Wolfer sunspot numbers from 1700 through 2000

Rehab

Rehabilitative potential of 20 prison inmates as judged by two psychiatrists

Tonsils

Size of tonsils collected from 1,398 children

Salinity

Surface-water salinity measurements from Whitewater Bay, Florida

Undergrad

Data set describing a sample of undergraduate students

Smokyph

Water pH levels of 75 water samples taken in the Great Smoky Mountains

Weather94

Weather casualties in 1994

Superbowl

Margin of victory in Superbowls I to XXXV

normarea

Normal Area

Insulate

Heat loss through a new insulating medium

Percent of students that watch more than 6 hours of TV per day versus national math test scores

Reading

Standardized reading scores for 30 fifth graders

Slc

Sodium-lithium countertransport activity on 190 individuals from six large English kindred

Precinct

Robbery rates versus percent low income in 8 precincts

nsize

Required Sample Size

Stamp

Thicknesses of 1872 Hidalgo stamps issued in Mexico

Malpract

Amounts awarded in 17 malpractice cases

Pollutio

Air pollution index for 15 randomly selected days for a major western city

Spouse

Convictions in spouse murder cases by gender

Program

Effects of four different methods of programmed learning for statistics students

Anxiety

Math test scores versus anxiety scores before the test

Phone

Length of long-distance phone calls for a small business firm

Remedial

Math placement test score for 35 freshmen females and 42 freshmen males

Scales

Readings obtained from a 100 pound weight placed on four brands of bathroom scales

Track

National Olympic records for women in several races

Verbal

Verbal test scores and number of library books checked out for 15 eighth graders

Tensile

Tensile strength of plastic bags from two production runs

Vocab

Reading scores before and after vocabulary training for 14 employees who did not complete high school

Statisti

Test scores for two beginning statistics classes

Study

Number of hours studied per week by a sample of 50 freshmen

Wastewat

Volume of injected waste water from Rocky Mountain Arsenal and number of earthquakes near Denver

Graduate

Graduation rates for student athletes in the Southeastern Conf.

Trucks

Miles per gallon for standard 4-wheel drive trucks manufactured by Chevrolet, Dodge and Ford

Skewed

Illustrates the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test

Twin

Intelligence test scores for identical twins in which one twin is given a drug

Maintenance cost versus age of cash registers in a department store

zsum.test

Summarized z-test

Schizop2

Exam scores for 17 patients to assess the learning ability of schizophrenics after taking a specified does of a tranquilizer

Viscosit

Viscosity measurements of a substance on two different days

Nfldraft

Rating, time in 40-yard dash, and weight of top offensive linemen in the 1994 NFL draft

Trees

Number of trees in 20 grids

Test1

Grades on the first test in a statistics class

Wheat

Price of a bushel of wheat versus the national weekly earnings of production workers

Allergy

Allergy medicines by adverse events

Toxic

Hazardous waste sites near minority communities

Puerto

Weekly incomes of a random sample of 50 Puerto Rican families in Miami

Vacation

Number of days of paid holidays and vacation leave for sample of 35 textile workers

Magnesiu

Magnesium concentration and distances between samples

Speed

Speed reading scores before and after a course on speed reading

Social

Median income level for 25 social workers from North Carolina

Tablrock

Ozone concentrations at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina

Quail

Plasma LDL levels in two groups of quail

Step

STEP science test scores for a class of ability-grouped students

Tenness

Tennessee self concept scores for 20 gifted high school students

Reaction

Threshold reaction time for persons subjected to emotional stress

Saving

Problem asset ration for savings and loan companies in California, New York, and Texas

Orioles

Salaries of members of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team