Datafiles

  • Tracking_hurricanes_2018 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Correlation, Multiple Regression Inference, Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Regression Inference, Residuals, Scatterplot
  • Source: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/verification/pdfs/1970-present_OFCL_ATL_annual_trk_errors_noTDs.pdf From: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/verification/pdfs/
  • Number of Cases: 49
  • Excerpt: The National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tries to predict the path each hurricane will take. But hurricanes tend to wander around aimlessly and are pushed by fronts and other weather phenomena in their area, so they are notoriously difficult to predict. Even relatively small changes in a hurricane’s […]


  • Tracking_Hurricanes_2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Regression
  • Source: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/verification/pdfs/1970-present_OFCL_ATL_annual_trk_errors_noTDs.pdf
  • Number of Cases: 54
  • Excerpt: The National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) tries to predict the path each hurricane will take. But hurricanestend to wander around aimlessly and are pushed by fronts and other weatherphenomena in their area, so they are notoriously difficult to predict. Even relatively small changes in a hurricane’s track can make […]


  • Traffic_fatalities_2013 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Data Display, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: NHTSA
  • Number of Cases: 27
  • Excerpt: Traffic fatalities in a variety of vehicles and for a variety of situations for the years from 1975 to 2013. These are multiple time series, but can also be related to each other.


  • Transportation_Energy_use Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Displaying Quantitative Data, Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/data.php?incfile=/state/seds/sep_sum/html/rank_use_capita.html&sid=US
  • Number of Cases: 51
  • Excerpt: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects data on the total energy used per capita in transportation for each state and the District of Columbia. The data show the per capita consumption in the year 2015 in millions of BTU per person.


  • Tree_growth Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: MIT Election and Science lab (https://electionlab.mit.edu/data
  • Number of Cases: 10
  • Excerpt: A subset of a data set of county-level voting results from the 2012 and 2016 United States elections and demographic information curated by the MIT Election and Science lab




  • Trucks Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Time Series Analysis
  • Source: https://data.transportation.gov/Research-and-Statistics/Border-Crossing-Entry-Data/keg4-3bc2/data
  • Number of Cases: 228
  • Excerpt: U.S. Department of Transportation reports records of border crossings into each state on the U.S. border. Here are the border crossings by trucks for Alaska, recorded each month from 1999 through 2017.




  • Tsunamis_2018 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display
  • Source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/tsu_db.shtmlExtracted Event Validity 3 and 4Cause Codes 1-5Event Validity:4 = definite tsunami3 = probable tsunami2 = questionable tsunami1 = very doubtful tsunami0 = event that only caused a seiche or disturbance in an inland river-1 = erroneous entryCause Code:Valid values: 0 to 11The source of the tsunami:0 = Unknown1 = Earthquake2 = Questionable Earthquake3 = Earthquake and Landslide4 = Volcano and Earthquake5 = Volcano, Earthquake, and Landslide6 = Volcano7 = Volcano and Landslide8 = Landslide9 = Meteorological10 = Explosion11 = Astronomical Tide
  • Number of Cases: 1116
  • Excerpt: Magnitudes of earthquakes thought to have been the source of tsunamis through history


  • Tsunamis_2020 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/tsu_db.shtml doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7 Extracted Event Validity 3 and 4 Cause Codes 1-5 Event Validity: 4 = definite tsunami 3 = probable tsunami 2 = questionable tsunami 1 = very doubtful tsunami 0 = event that only caused a seiche or disturbance in an inland river -1 = erroneous entry
  • Number of Cases: 1141
  • Excerpt: The magnitude of earthquakes thought to have caused tsunamis through time.