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Files for the UsingR package to accompany the book "Using R for Introductory Statistics," second edition.

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John Verzani

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February 13th, 2026

Functions in UsingR (2.0-8)

cabinet

Estimated tax savings for US President Bush's cabinet
camp

Mount Campito Yearly Treering Data, -3435-1969.
cancer

cancer survival times
arctic.oscillations

Measurement of sea-level pressure at the arctic
chips

Measurements of chip wafers
carbon

Carbon Monoxide levels at different sites
central.park.cloud

Type of day in Central Park, NY May 2003
baycheck

Population estimate of type of Bay Checkerspot butterfly
babies

Mothers and their babies data
best.times

Best track and field times by age and distance
demos

Provide menu for possible shiny demonstrations
diamond

Price by size for diamond rings
crime

violent crime rates in 50 states of US
deflection

Deflection under load
ewr

Taxi in and taxi out times at EWR (Newark) airport for 1999-2001
exec.pay

Direct compensation for 199 United States CEOs in the year 2000
bumpers

Bumper repair costs for various automobiles
central.park

Weather in Central Park NY in May 2003
carsafety

Fatality information in U.S. for several popular cars
bycatch

Number of Albatrosses accidentaly caught during a fishing haul
co2emiss

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the U.S.A. from fossil fuel
divorce

Time until divorce for divorced women (by age)
dottodot

Dot-to-dot puzzle
cfb

Bootstrap sample from the Survey of Consumer Finances
female.inc

Income distribution for females in 2001
florida

County-by-county results of year 2000 US presidential election in Florida
emissions

CO2 emissions data and gross domestic product for 26 countries
five.yr.temperature

Five years of weather in New York City
errata

Show errata
getAnswer

function to get answer to problem
grip

Effects of cross-country ski-pole grip
chicken

weight gain of chickens fed 3 different rations
ceo2013

CEO compensation in 2013
hall.fame

Data frame containing baseball statistics including Hall of Fame membership
goalspergame

Goals per game in NHL
coins

The coins in my change bin
kid.weights

Weight and height measurement for a sample of U.S. children
dvdsales

Monthly DVD player sales since introduction to May 2004
iq

IQ scores
coldvermont

Daily minimum temperature in Woodstock Vermont
dowdata

The Dow Jones average from Jan 1999 to October 2000
confint.htest

Produce confidence interval for objects of class htest
heartrate

Simulated data of age vs. max heart rate
home

Maplewood NJ homedata
math

Standardized math scores
mandms

Proportions of colors in various M and M's varieties
nba.draft

NBA draft lottery odds for 2002
grades

Current and previous grades
mw.ages

Age distribution in year 2000 in Maplewood New Jersey
google

Google stock values during 2005-02-07 to 2005-07-07
homeprice

Sale price of homes in New Jersey in the year 2001
nisdc

NISCD
last.tie

Last tie in 100 coin tosses
firstchi

Age of mother at birth of first child
simple.chutes

simulate a chutes and ladder game
galileo

Galileo data on falling bodies
galton

Galton's height data for parents and children
pi2000

first 2000 digits of pi
salmonharvest

Salmon harvest in Alaska from 1980 to 1998
corn

Comparison of corn for new and standard variety
npdb

National Practioner Data Bank
homedata

Maplewood NJ assessed values for years 1970 and 2000
lawsuits

Law suit settlements
simple.lm

Simplify usage of lm
simple.eda.ts

Makes 3 useful graphs for eda of times series
simple.median.test

Do simple sign test for median -- no ranks
normtemp

Body temperature and heart rate of 130 health individuals
primes

Primes numbers less than 2003
puerto

Incomes for Puerto Rican immigrants to Miami
paradise

Annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station, Mount Ranier
simple.eda

Simple function to plot histogram, boxplot and normal plot
father.son

Pearson's data set on heights of fathers and their sons
malpract

malpractice settlements
samhda

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data for teens
reddrum

Growth of red drum
movies

Data frome on top 25 movies for some week, many weeks ago
simple.scatterplot

Simple scatter plot of x versus y with histograms of each
tastesgreat

Does new goo taste great?
healthy

Healthy or not?
gasprices

Monthly average gasoline prices in the United States
gap

Sales data for the Gap
lorem

Placeholder text
movie_data_2011

Movie data for 2011 by weekend
fat

Body measurements to predict percentage of body fat in males
headtail

Show head and tail
salmon.rate

Simulated Data on Rate of Recruitment for Salmon
homework

Homework averages for Private and Public schools
nym.2002

Random sample of 2002 New York City Marathon finishers
simple.sim

Simplify the process of simulation
urchin.growth

Data on growth of sea urchins
income_percentiles

Top percentiles of U.S. income
reaction.time

Reaction time with cell phone usage
rat

Survival times of 20 rats exposed to radiation
twins

Burt's IQ data for twins
u2

Song and lengths for U2 albums
simple.fancy.stripchart

Makes a fancier strip chart: plots means and a line
simple.densityplot

Plots densities of data
skateranks

Judges scores for disputed ice skating competition
superbarplot

super segmented barplot
simple.freqpoly

Simply plot histogram and frequency polygon
maydow

Dow Jones industrial average and May maximum temperature
slc

Sodium-Lithium countertransport
sp500.excess

Excess returns of S&P 500
too.young

What age is too young for a male to data a female?
midsize

Price of new and used of three mid-sized cars
oral.lesion

Oral lesion location by town
squareplot

Create a squareplot alternative to a segmented barplot
scrabble

Distribution of Scrabble pieces
yahoo.get.hist.quote

Download stock data from Yahoo!
wellbeing

What makes us happy?
ozonemonthly

Monthly mean ozone values at Halley Bay Antartica
watertemp

Temperature measurement of water at 85m depth
wchomes

A random sample of Wake County, North Carolina residential real estate plots
simple.z.test

Implement basic z-test for illustrative purposes
simple.violinplot

Plots violinplots instead of boxplots
south

Murder rates for 30 Southern US cities
southernosc

Southern Oscillations
scatter.with.hist

Scatterplot with histograms
smokyph

Water pH levels at 75 water samples in the Great Smoky Mountains
tcm1y

One-year treasury security values
yellowfin

Yellow fin tuna catch rate in Tropical Indian Ocean
stud.recs

Student records
vacation

vacation days
tempsalinity

Temperature/Salinity measurements along a moving Eddy
snacks

Snack data from the USDA
violinplot

Plots violinplots instead of boxplots
student.expenses

Some simulated data on student expenses
simple.lag

applies function to moving subsets of a data vector
simple.hist.and.boxplot

A function to plot both a histogram and a boxplot
ObamaApproval

Approval ratings for President Obama
HUMMER

Deliveries of new HUMMER vehicles
blood

blood pressure readings
age.universe

Best estimate of the age of the universe
QQplot

Creates a qqplot with shaded density estimate
DensityPlot

Plots densities of data
aid

monthly payment for federal program
DOTplot

Make big DOT plot likestripchart
MLBattend

Major league baseball attendance data
KSI

Data set on automobile deaths and injuries in Great Britain
breakdown

Time of insulating fluid to breakdown
OBP

On base percentage for 2002 major league baseball season
alaska.pipeline

Comparison of in-field and laboratory measurement of defects
alltime.movies

Top movies of all time
Split.zoo

Add split method for zoo objects
SAT

SAT data with expenditures
aosat

Artic Oscillation data based on SAT data
answers

Answers to selected problems
bright.stars

List of bright stars with Hipparcos catalog number
BushApproval

U.S. President George Bush approval ratings
Medicare

Sample from "Medicare Provider Charge Data"
brightness

Brightness of 966 stars
babyboom

Babyboom: data for 44 babies born in one 24-hour period.
batting

Batting statistics for 2002 baseball season