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HistData (version 0.8-1)

Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization

Description

The 'HistData' package provides a collection of small data sets that are interesting and important in the history of statistics and data visualization. The goal of the package is to make these available, both for instructional use and for historical research. Some of these present interesting challenges for graphics or analysis in R.

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install.packages('HistData')

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3,386

Version

0.8-1

License

GPL

Maintainer

Michael Friendly

Last Published

January 9th, 2017

Functions in HistData (0.8-1)

Armada

La Felicisima Armada
CushnyPeebles

Cushny-Peebles Data: Soporific Effects of Scopolamine Derivatives
Fingerprints

Waite's data on Patterns in Fingerprints
Arbuthnot

Arbuthnot's data on male and female birth ratios in London from 1629-1710.
Cavendish

Cavendish's Determinations of the Density of the Earth
DrinksWages

Elderton and Pearson's (1910) data on drinking and wages
Dactyl

Edgeworth's counts of dactyls in Virgil's Aeneid
Bowley

Bowley's data on values of British and Irish trade, 1855-1899
Cholera

William Farr's Data on Cholera in London, 1849
ChestSizes

Chest measurements of 5738 Scottish Militiamen
Michelson

Michelson's Determinations of the Velocity of Light
Nightingale

Florence Nightingale's data on deaths from various causes in the Crimean War
Jevons

W. Stanley Jevons' data on numerical discrimination
Macdonell

Macdonell's Data on Height and Finger Length of Criminals, used by Gosset (1908)
Galton

Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children
GaltonFamilies

Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children, by child
Guerry

Data from A.-M. Guerry, "Essay on the Moral Statistics of France"
HistData-package

Data sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
PolioTrials

Polio Field Trials Data
PearsonLee

Pearson and Lee's data on the heights of parents and children classified by gender
Prostitutes

Parent-Duchatelet's time-series data on the number of prostitutes in Paris
Pyx

Trial of the Pyx
SnowMap

Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Wheat

Playfair's Data on Wages and the Price of Wheat
Quarrels

Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
ZeaMays

Darwin's Heights of Cross- and Self-fertilized Zea May Pairs
Yeast

Student's (1906) Yeast Cell Counts
Snow

John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Minard

Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Langren

van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
OldMaps

Latitudes and Longitudes of 39 Points in 11 Old Maps
HalleyLifeTable

Halley's Life Table