NeuDist (version 1.0.1)

rainfall: March Rainfall in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Description

A dataset of thirty consecutive March precipitation values (in inches) recorded in Minneapolis/St. Paul. These data were originally presented by Hinkley (1977) in the context of power transformations and applied statistical analysis.

Usage

rainfall

Value

An object of class "numeric".

The vector consists of 30 observed precipitation amounts (in inches) recorded for the month of March in Minneapolis/St. Paul over consecutive years. Each value represents the total March rainfall for a single year. The dataset is commonly used to illustrate power transformations, regression diagnostics, and exploratory data analysis techniques in applied statistics.

Format

A numeric vector of length 30 containing March rainfall amounts in inches.

Details

Hinkley (1977) used this dataset to illustrate methods for selecting power transformations in statistical modeling. The dataset is frequently cited in regression diagnostics and transformation literature.

References

Hinkley, D. (1977). On quick choice of power transformations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics), 26, 67--69.

Examples

summary(rainfall)

hist(
  rainfall,
  main = "March Rainfall Histogram",
  xlab = "Rainfall (inches)"
)

plot(
  rainfall,
  type = "o",
  main = "March Rainfall Series",
  ylab = "Inches",
  xlab = "Observation"
)