Datafiles

  • Burger_King_items Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression, Outliers, R-squared, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: https://www.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf
  • Number of Cases: 122
  • Excerpt: Burger King publishes full nutrition information on its menu. These data are for the foods on the menu recently. (Visit the site listed as the reference for the most current list.)


  • Broadway_shows Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression
  • Source: https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/statistics-broadway-nyc/
  • Number of Cases: 33
  • Excerpt: In 2016 13.27 million people attended a Broadway show, paying an average of more than $100 per ticket. The Broadway League, Inc. (https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/statistics-broadway-nyc/) provides some historical and current data. These variables are available for each year since the 1984-85 season:Season (The initial year of the season, so the 1984-85 season is 1984.) Gross ($M) Attendance […]




  • Brakes Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 15
  • Excerpt: Stopping distances in feet for a car tested 3 times at each of 5 speeds. We hope to create a model that predicts Stopping Distance from the Speed of the car.


  • Brain_waves Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Analysis of Variance, Boxplots, Comparing Two Groups, Paired Data
  • Source: P. Gendreau et al., “Changes in EEG Alpha Frequency and Evoked Response Latency During Solitary Confinement,” Journal of Abnormal Psychology 79 [1972]: 54–59)
  • Number of Cases: 10
  • Excerpt: An experiment was performed to see whether sensory deprivation over an extended period of time has any effect on the alpha-wave patterns produced by the brain. To determine this, 20 subjects, inmates in a Canadian prison, were randomly split into two groups. Members of one group were placed in solitary confinement. Those in the other […]


  • Brain_size Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression Inference, Regression, Regression Inference
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 20
  • Excerpt: A group of female college students took a testthat measured their verbal IQs and also underwent an MRI scan to measure the size of their brains (in 1000s of pixels).


  • Boyle Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: http://jap.physiology.org/content/87/4/1543
  • Number of Cases: 25
  • Excerpt: Scientist Robert Boyle examined the relationship between the volume in which a gas is contained and the pressure in its container. He used a cylindrical container with a moveable top that could be raised or lowered to change the volume. He measured the Height in inches by counting equally spaced marks on the cylinder, and […]


  • Boston Wheelchair Marathon 2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Confidence Intervals, Confidence Intervals for Means, Hypothesis Tests for Means
  • Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Boston_Marathon
  • Number of Cases: 17
  • Excerpt: The Boston Marathon has had a wheelchair division since 1977 (2020 race not held due to COVID-19).Who do you think is typically faster, the men’s marathon winner on footor the women’s wheelchair marathon winner? Becausethe conditions differ from year to year, and speeds haveimproved over the years, it seems best to treat these aspaired measurements. […]


  • Boomtowns_2020(Large) Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: (http://www.newgeography.com/content/005974-all-cities-rankings-2018-best-cities-job-growth)
  • Number of Cases: 71
  • Excerpt: he website NewGeography.com ranks the best cities for job growth in the United States. Nonfarm employment is also provided. This version of the data holds only the large cities. See Boomtowns_2020(All) for the full data.


  • Boomtowns_2020 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: http://www.newgeography.com/content/005974-all-cities-rankings-2018-best-cities-job-growth
  • Number of Cases: 422
  • Excerpt: In 2020, the website NewGeography.com listed its ranking of the best cities for job growth in the United States. The magazine’s top 20 large cities, along with their weighted job rating indices, are given in the table. The full data set contains 71 cities.


  • Boomtowns_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display
  • Source: http://www.newgeography.com/content/004941-large-cities-rankings-2015-best-cities-job-growth
  • Number of Cases: 70
  • Excerpt: In 2015, the website NewGeography.com listed its ranking of the best cities for job growth in the United States. Nonfarm employment is also provided.


  • Bookstore_sales Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Correlation, R-squared, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals, Scatterplot
  • Source: invented example
  • Number of Cases: 10
  • Excerpt: Number of sales people working in a bookstore and sales (in $1000) that day. These are realistic but invented data.