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  • Mouth_volume Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression Inference, Regression, Regression Inference
  • Source: Private communication
  • Number of Cases: 61
  • Excerpt: Researchers in Food Science studied how big people’s mouths tend to be. They measured mouth volume by pouring water into the mouths of subjects who lay on their backs. Unless this is your idea of a good time, it would be helpful to have a model to estimate mouth volume more simply. Fortunately, mouth volume […]


  • Mothers_and_fathers_aspirations Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Tables
  • Source: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/03/14/modern-parenthood-roles-of-moms-and-dads-converge-as-they-balance-work-and-family/and http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ famee_04262013.htm
  • Number of Cases: 16
  • Excerpt: The New York Times combined survey data (economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/ 07/10/working-parents-wanting-fewer-hours/) with data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (www.bls.gov/news .release/archives/famee_04262013.htm) comparing how mothers and fathers would like to allocate their time compared with what they actually do. They asked a sample of parents with children 18 or under: “If money were no object, and […]








  • Montana Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Chi Square Tests
  • Source: Unknown
  • Number of Cases: 203
  • Excerpt: A poll conducted by the University of Montana classified respondents by whether they identified as male or female and by the political party they identified with. Is there is evidence of an association between being male or female and party affiliation.






  • Michelson Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Confidence Intervals for Means
  • Source: Stigler, Stephen M. (1977). Do Robust Estimators Workwith Real Data? The Annals of Statistics 5:4, 1075. Used by permission.
  • Number of Cases: 100
  • Excerpt: In 1879, A. A. Michelson made 100 determinations of the velocity of light in air using a modification of a method proposed by the French physicist Foucault. The data are given here as reported by Stigler. The measurements are derived from sets of often widely disparate numbers of observations. The numbers are in km/sec, and […]


  • Mens_Weights Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Normal Probability Plots, Normal model, Standard Deviation
  • Source: www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
  • Number of Cases: 80
  • Excerpt: Since the 1960s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics has been collecting health and nutritional information on people of all ages and backgrounds. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) of 2001–2002, measured a wide variety of variables, including body measurements, cardiovascular fitness, blood chemistry, and demographic information […]