Datafiles

  • Graduate_Earnings Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression Inference, Regression, Regression Inference
  • Source: http://new.time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-colleges/
  • Number of Cases: 706
  • Excerpt: Is college worth the expense? Which colleges have graduates who earn the most? And what is the best predictor of earnings 5-years out? The data provide several possible predictors and background information suitable for building regression models.


  • Graphite_production Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Quality Control
  • Source: invented
  • Number of Cases: 25
  • Excerpt: A graphite manufacturer makes long rolls of flexible graphite to be used to seal components in combustion engines. The specifications state that the mean strength should be 21.2 ounces per square yard with a standard deviation of 0.29. Further specifications state that no roll should have strength less than 20.2 or more than 22.2 ounces […]


  • Grocery_prices Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Two Groups
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 29
  • Excerpt: WinCo Foods, a large discount grocery retailer in the western United States, promotes itself as the lowest priced grocery retailer. In newspaper ads WinCo Foods published a price comparison for products between WinCo and several competing grocery retailers. One of the retailers compared against WinCo was Walmart, also known as a low price competitor. WinCo […]




  • Hand_dexterity Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Indicator Variables, Multiple Regression, Outliers, Partial Regression Plots, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: Hand Dexterity in Children: Administration and Normative Values of the Functional Dexterity Test (FDT), Gloria R Gogola, MD, Paul F Velleman, PhD, Shuai Xu, BS, MS, Adrianne M Morse, BA. Barbara Lacy BS, Dorit Aaron, MA OTR CHT FAOTA, J Hand Surg Am. 2013 Dec;38(12):2426-31. doi: 10.1016/jhsa.2013.08.123. Epub 2013 Nov 1
  • Number of Cases: 175
  • Excerpt: Physical therapists measure a patient’s manual dexterity with a simple task. The patient picks up small cylinders from a 4 * 4 frame with one hand, flips them over (still with one hand), and replaces them in the frame. The task is timed for all 16 cylinders. The tool was originally normed for adults. In […]


  • Hand_washing Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Analysis of Variance
  • Source: Student project
  • Number of Cases: 32
  • Excerpt: A student decided to investigate just how effective washing with soap is in eliminating bacteria. To do this she tested four different methods—washing with water only, washing with regular soap, washing with antibacterial soap (ABS), and spraying hands with antibacterial spray (AS) (containing 65% ethanol as an active ingredient). Her experiment consisted of one experimental […]


  • Hard_water Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Groups, Comparing Two Groups, Data Display, Inference, R-squared, Regression, Residuals, Summaries, Test for Difference between Two Groups
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 61
  • Excerpt: In an investigation of environmental causes of disease, data were collected on the annual mortality rate (deaths per 100,000) for males in 61 large towns in England and Wales. In addition, the water hardness was recorded as the calcium concentration (parts per million, ppm) in the drinking water.


  • Harry_Potter_revenue Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Time Series Analysis
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 17
  • Excerpt: The movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened as a great success. But every movie sees declining revenue over time. The dataset gives the daily revenues for the movie during its first 17 days.


  • Hawaii_tourism Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Time Series Analysis
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 60
  • Excerpt: Much of the public and private industry in Hawaii depends on tourism. The following time series plot shows the number of domestic visitors to Hawaii by air from the rest of the United States per month from January 2002 through December 2006 before the financial crisis of 2008.


  • HDI_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Regression
  • Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data#
  • Number of Cases: 188
  • Excerpt: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) uses the Human Development Index (HDI) in an attempt to summarize in one number the progress in health, education, and economics of a country. In 2015, the HDI was as high as 0.94 for Norway and as low as 0.35 for Niger.


  • HDI_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression, Regression
  • Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data#http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI
  • Number of Cases: 188
  • Excerpt: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) uses the Human Development Index (HDI) in an attempt to summarize in one number the progress in health, education, and economics of a country.


  • HDI_2018 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data#
  • Number of Cases: 187
  • Excerpt: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) uses the Human Development Index (HDI) in an attempt to summarize in one number the progress in health, education, and economics of a country.