Datafiles

  • Bond_funds Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Two Groups
  • Source: www.morningstar.com
  • Number of Cases: 16
  • Excerpt: You have decided to investin a bond fund and plan to limit your choice of funds to Morningstar “medalist” funds. But now you must choose between a taxable fund and a municipal bond fund that is at least partially tax-free. Which is better? Here are the % returns for the three-year period leading up to […]


  • Bodyfat Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Confidence Intervals for Means, Confidence Intervals for Proportions, Data Display, Display Quantitative Variable, Hypothesis Tests, Hypothesis Tests for Means, Indicator Variables, Multiple Regression, Multiple Regression Inference, Normal Probability Plots, Normal model, Partial Regression Plots, R-squared, Regression, Regression Inference, Residuals, Sampling Distribution, Shape, Spread, Standard Deviation, Summaries, Tables
  • Source: BYU Human Performance Research Centerhttp://www.byu.edu/chhp/intro.html#lrcDirector: Mark Ricard 116A RB, (801) 378-8958
  • Number of Cases: 250
  • Excerpt: Note: These data are also located in the file Male Body Measurements. Naming the data file “bodyfat” may focus too much on adiposity, when the data can be more generally useful. Measurements of 250 men of various ages.




  • Blood_Pressure Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Conditional Distribution, Contingency Tables, Tables
  • Source: Realistic data
  • Number of Cases: 474
  • Excerpt: Does blood pressure, on average, change with age. The data here are two categorical variables: Blood pressure categorized as High, Normal, Low, and Age categorized as under 30, 30-49, and over 50.


  • Birthrates_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: R-squared, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: cdc.gov/nchs/
  • Number of Cases: 11
  • Excerpt: Births per 1000 population in the United States, starting in 1965. There has been concern that the birthrate may be declining. A good model for tends in birthrate may allow for some prediction.


  • Birth_order Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display, Summaries
  • Source: Class poll by Velleman
  • Number of Cases: 16
  • Excerpt: A statistics professor at a large university polled hisstudents to find out what their majors were and what position they held in the family birth order. The results are summarized in the table.






  • Bike_safety_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display, Summaries
  • Source: http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm
  • Number of Cases: 22
  • Excerpt: The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institutewebsite includes a report on the number of bicycle fatalities per year in the United States. The data gives the counts for the years 1994–2015.


  • Belmont_stakes_2015 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods:
  • Source: http://www.belmontstakes.com/past-winners.aspx
  • Number of Cases: 147
  • Excerpt: The Belmont Stakes is the last and longest of the three horse races that make up the Triple Crown. Curiously, in some of the Belmont races horses have run clockwise around the track, and in others they have run counterclockwise. Do the horses care? But note that the length of the race has also not […]


  • Belmont Stakes 2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Groups, Comparing Two Groups
  • Source: http://www.belmontstakes.com/past-winners.aspx
  • Number of Cases:
  • Excerpt: The Belmont Stakes is the last and longest of the three horse races that make up the Triple Crown. Curiously, in some of the Belmont races horses have run clockwise around the track, and in others they have run counterclockwise. Do the horses care?But note that the length of the race has also not been […]


  • Being_successful Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Quality Control, Tables
  • Source: www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2012/04/Women-in-the-Workplace.pdf
  • Number of Cases: 16
  • Excerpt: In a random sample of U.S. adults surveyed in December 2011, Pew Research asked how important it is “to you personally” to be successful in a high-paying career or profession. Responses are recorded by sex and age.