Datafiles

  • Attendance_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression, Correlation, Regression, Test for Difference between Two Groups, Comparing Two Groups, Scatterplot
  • Source: Attendance from http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Won and Lost totals from http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2016.shtml
  • Number of Cases: 30
  • Excerpt: American League baseball games areplayed under the designated hitter rule, meaning that pitchers, often weak hitters, do not come to bat. Baseball owners believe that the designated hitter rule means more runs scored, which in turn means higher attendance. Is there evidence that more fans attend games if the teams score more runs? The data […]




  • Archery Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods:
  • Source: http://www.espn.com/oly/summer08/results?eventId=258 (men)http://www.espn.com/oly/summer08/results?eventId=211 (women)
  • Number of Cases: 64
  • Excerpt: In Olympic Archery both men and women start with a field of 64 qualifiers. Each archer shoots a round of 72 arrows (total possible score: 720) to establish a seeding position. Then they participate in a single-elimination contest. Thus, the seeding round is the only one that provides data for all archers (because some are […]




  • Antidepressants Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Correlation, Re-expression, Scatterplot
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 19
  • Excerpt: A study compared the effectiveness of several antidepressants by examining the experiments in which they had passed the FDA requirements. Each of those experiments compared the active drug with a placebo, an inert pill given to some of the subjects. In each experiment some patients treated with the placebo had improved, a phenomenon called the […]


  • Analgesics Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Analysis of Variance
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 27
  • Excerpt: A pharmaceutical company tested three formulations of a pain relief medicine for migraine headache sufferers. For the experiment, 27 volunteers were selected and 9 were randomly assigned to one of three drug formulations. The subjects were instructed to take the drug during their next migraine headache episode and to report their pain on a scale […]




  • Alternative_energy_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Regression
  • Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electricity_production_from_renewable_sources
  • Number of Cases: 50
  • Excerpt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electricity_production_from_renewable_sources




  • Alcohol_Consumption_2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Data Display, Summaries
  • Source: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2022.txt
  • Number of Cases: 118720
  • Excerpt: These are the annual numbers of per capita wine consumption (in gallons) in America from 1970 to 2022. This file contains data on apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State andtype of alcoholic beverage for the years from 1970 through 2022.Note: This file includes updates to previous population estimates for years 2020-2021.For an understanding of […]


  • Alcohol_Consumption_2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Data Display, Summaries, Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2022.txt
  • Number of Cases: 53
  • Excerpt: Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State andtype of alcoholic beverage for the years from 1970 through 2022.Note: This file includes updates to previous population estimates for years 2020-2021.For an understanding of the methods used in calculating apparent per capitaalcohol consumption, see: Nephew, T.M., Yi, H., Williams, G.D., Stinson, F.S., and Dufour, M.C., 2004.U.S. Alcohol […]


  • Alaska_PPP Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Groups
  • Source: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares-act/assistance-for-small-businesses/sba-paycheck-protection-program-loan-level-data
  • Number of Cases: 1775
  • Excerpt: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was introduced in 2020 in response to COVID-19 to help keep small businesses financially afloat during the pandemic when many businesses had to temporarily close. The list of businesses that were able to obtain loans from the government under the PPP is available online. The file Alaska_ppp.csv contains a list […]