Datafiles

  • Flights_on_time_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Boxplots, Confidence Intervals for Means
  • Source: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart.asp?URL_SelectYear=2016&URL_SelectMonth=6&URL_Time=1&URL_Selection=1
  • Number of Cases: 270
  • Excerpt: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation publishes information about airline performance. The data report the percentage of flights departing on time each month from January 1994 through June 2016.


  • Flights_on_time_2019 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Boxplots, Comparing Groups, Confidence Intervals for Means, Outliers, Re-expression
  • Source: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart.asp?URL_SelectYear=2019&URL_SelectMonth=6&URL_Time=1&URL_Selection=1 https://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart_Month.asp
  • Number of Cases: 309
  • Excerpt: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation publishes information about airline performance. The data report the percentage of flights departing on time each month from January 1994 through September 2019.


  • Flights_on_time_2020 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods:
  • Source: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart.asp?URL_SelectYear=2019&URL_SelectMonth=6&URL_Time=1&URL_Selection=1 https://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart_Month.asp
  • Number of Cases: 319
  • Excerpt: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation publishes information about airline performance. The data report the percentage of flights departing on time each month from January 1994 through September 2020. Note the effects of the pandemic.


  • Floods_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display
  • Source: NOAA
  • Number of Cases: 21
  • Excerpt: The annual number of deaths from floods in the United states from 1995 through 2015. Years are not provided, but the data values are in time order.


  • Floods_2018 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: statista.com/statistics/203709/number-of-fatalities-caused-by-floods-and-flass-floods-in-the-us/
  • Number of Cases: 24
  • Excerpt: The annual number of deaths from floods in the United states from 1995 through 2015. Years are not provided, but the data values are in time order.


  • Floods_2019 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: statista.com/statistics/203709/number-of-fatalities-caused-by-floods-and-flass-floods-in-the-us/
  • Number of Cases: 25
  • Excerpt: The annual number of deaths from floods in the United states from 1995 through 2015. Years are not provided, but the data values are in time order.




  • Food_sales Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Displaying Quantitative Data, Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 18
  • Excerpt: Sales (in $) for one week were collected for 18 stores in a food store chain in the northeastern United States. The stores and the towns they are located in vary in size.


  • Football_salaries_2017 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Correlation, Regression, Scatterplot
  • Source: Football owners are constantlyin competition for good players. The more wins, the more likely that the team will provide good business returns for the owners. The resources that each of the 32 teams has in the National Football League (NFL) vary, but the draft system is designed to counteract the advantages that wealthier teams may have.
  • Number of Cases: 32
  • Excerpt: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/ (salaries) http://www.espn.com/nfl/standings/_/season/2016 (wins)






  • Framingham Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Boxplots, Comparing Groups, Confidence Intervals for Means, Correlation, Hypothesis Tests, Hypothesis Tests for Means, Multiple Regression Inference, Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Regression Inference, Scatterplot, Test for Difference between Two Groups
  • Source: "Statistical Methods in Epidemiology" by H.A.Kahn and C.T.Sempos
  • Number of Cases: 1406
  • Excerpt: The Framingham Heart Study is one of the longest running health studies. It has followed original subjects, their children, and their grand children, looking for factors that affect cardiac health. These data only include subjects whose cholesterol was measured in the first exam. Source: “Statistical Methods in Epidemiology” by H.A.Kahn and C.T.Sempos SBP: Systolic blood […]