Datafiles

  • Airport_screening Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Multiple Regression
  • Source: https://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/csv/t3177.csvadapted from: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Semiannual Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of the Civil Aviation Security Program, July 1 to "December 31, 1978, Exhibit 10; July 1 to December 31, 1982, Exhibit 10; July 1 to December 31, 1984, Exhibit 7; July 1 to December 31, 1989, p. 11 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation); U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Annual Report to Congress on Civil Aviation Security, January 1, 1993-December 31, 1993, p. 9; January 1, 1995-December 31, 1995, p. 11 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation); and data provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Online]. Available: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ 2003/html/table_02_16.html [May 24, 2004]. Table adapted by SOURCEBOOK staff.
  • Number of Cases: 24
  • Excerpt: According to the U.S. Dept of Transportation, screening consists of “the systematic examination of persons and property using weapons-detecting procedures or facilities (electronic or physical search) for the purpose of detecting weapons and dangerous articles and to prevent their unauthorized introduction into sterile areas or aboard aircraft.” The data report the results of airport screening […]


  • Airline_bumping_2017 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Two Groups
  • Source: https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/resources/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/300341/2017-december-atcr.pdf
  • Number of Cases: 12
  • Excerpt: Commercial airlines overbook flights, selling more tickets than they have seats, because a sizeable number of reservation holders don’t show up in time for their flights. But sometimes, there are more passengers wishing to board than there are seats. Most airlines try to entice travelers to voluntarily give up their seats in return for free […]


  • AIG_monthly Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Displaying Quantitative Data, Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 72
  • Excerpt: The American International Group (AIG) was once the 18th largest corporation in the world. By early 2007 AIG had assets of $1 trillion, $110 billion in revenues, 74 million customers and 116,000 employees in 130 countries and jurisdictions. Yet just 18 months later, AIG found itself on the brink of failure and in need of emergency […]


  • AIG_daily Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Displaying Quantitative Data, Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Source: unknown
  • Number of Cases: 2810
  • Excerpt: The American International Group (AIG) was once the 18th largest corporation in the world. By early 2007 AIG had assets of $1 trillion, $110 billion in revenues, 74 million customers and 116,000 employees in 130 countries and jurisdictions. Yet just 18 months later, AIG found itself on the brink of failure and in need of emergency […]




  • Age_and_party_2020 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Inference
  • Source: Pew Research Center, January 2020, “Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Economic Inequality in the U.S., but Fewer Than Half Call It a Top Priority”
  • Number of Cases: 4
  • Excerpt: The Pew Research Center conducted a representative telephone survey in 2018-2019. Among the reported results was the following table concerning the preferred political party affiliation of respondents and their ages. Is there evidence of age-based differences in party affiliation in the United States for all voters?


  • Age_and_party_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods:
  • Source: http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-composition-of-the-political-parties/
  • Number of Cases: 4
  • Excerpt: The Pew Research Center conducted a representative telephone survey in October of 2016. Among the reported results was the following table concerning the preferred political party affiliation of respondents and their ages for white voters. Is there evidence of age-based differences in party affiliation in the United States for white voters?




  • Adoptions Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Data Display, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: www.census.gov
  • Number of Cases: 51
  • Excerpt: The United States Census Bureau keeps track of the number of adoptions in each State (and Washington D.C.). The data includes the population of each state as well. How should adoptions be summarized and displayed?


  • Activating_baking_yeast Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Analysis of Variance
  • Source: student project
  • Number of Cases: 16
  • Excerpt: To shorten the time it takes him tomake his favorite pizza, a student designed an experiment to test the effect of sugar and milk on the activation times for baking yeast. Specifically, he tested four different recipes and measured how many seconds it took for the same amount of dough to rise to the top […]


  • Acid_rain Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Data Display, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: Reference: (J.O.Froliger and R. Kane, "Precipitation: Its Acidic Nature," Science 189 (8 August 1975): 455-457).
  • Number of Cases: 26
  • Excerpt: Froliger and Kane measured the pH (a scale on which a value of 7 is neutral and values below 7 are acidic) of water collected from precipitation events in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania between December 20, 1973 and May 23, 1974. Display the distribution of these values and describe with words and numbers what you see. […]