Journal of Statistics Education

aaup.txt
aaup.dat (comma delimited version)
aaup2.dat (fixed column format version)

NAME: AAUP Faculty Salary data
TYPE: Census (mostly)
SIZE: 1161 colleges, 16 variables

For more information see the file colleges.txt.

SUBMITTED BY:
Robin Lock
Mathematics Department
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

rlock@vm.stlawu.edu

airport.dat
airport.txt

NAME: US Airport Statistics
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 135 observations, 7 variables (5 numeric, 2 character)

SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Winner
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
103 Griffin/Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

winner@stat.ufl.edu

babyboom.dat
babyboom.txt

NAME: Time of Birth, Sex, and Birth Weight of 44 Babies
TYPE: Observational
SIZE: 44 observations, 4 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 7, Number 3 (November 1999).

SUBMITTED BY:
Peter K. Dunn
Department of Mathematics and Computing
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 4350

dunn@usq.edu.au

baseball.dat
baseball.txt

NAME: Pay for Play: Are Baseball Salaries Based on Performance?
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 337 observations, 18 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 6, Number 2 (July 1998).

SUBMITTED BY:
Mitchell R. Watnik
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, MO 65409-0020

mwatnik@umr.edu

basketball.dat
basketball.txt

NAME: NCAA Basketball Tournament Data
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 1706 Observations, 5 Variables (3 numeric, 2 character)

SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Winner
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
103 Griffin/Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

winner@stat.ufl.edu

birthtotena.dat (category labels and cell frequencies for three-way table)
birthtotenb.dat (each case on a separate line with indicator variables)
birthtoten.txt

NAME: Simpson's Paradox: An Example From a Longitudinal Study in South Africa
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 1590 observations, 3 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 7, Number 3 (November 1999).

SUBMITTED BY:
Christopher H. Morrell
Mathematical Sciences Department
Loyola College
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699

chm@loyola.edu

cigarettes.dat
cigarettes.txt

NAME: Cigarette data for an introduction to multiple regression
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 25 observations, 5 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 2, Number 1 (July 1994).

SUBMITTED BY:
Lauren McIntyre
Department of Statistics, Box 8203
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8203

mcintyre@stat.ncsu.edu

diamond.dat
diamond.txt

NAME:Diamond Ring Pricing Using Linear Regression
TYPE: Random Sample
SIZE: 48 observations, 2 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 4, Number 3 (November 1996).

SUBMITTED BY:
Singfat Chu
Department of Decision Sciences
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260

fbachucl@nus.sg

draft70yr.dat (lottery data for 1970 in stacked format)
draft71yr.dat (lottery data for 1971 in stacked format)
draft72yr.dat (lottery data for 1972 in stacked format)
draft70mn.dat (lottery data for 1970 in unstacked format)
draft71mn.dat (lottery data for 1971 in unstacked format)
draft72mn.dat (lottery data for 1972 in unstacked format)
draftalpha.dat (alphabetic lottery data)
draft.txt

NAME: The Draft Lotteries of 1970, 1971, and 1972
TYPE: Randomized
SIZE: Ranks are assigned to each birthdate relevant for the draft in 1970, 1971, and 1972, and a rank is assigned to each letter of the alphabet.

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 5, Number 2 (July 1997).

SUBMITTED BY:
Norton Starr
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Box 2239 Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

nstarr@amherst.edu

fat.dat
fat.txt

NAME: Fitting Percentage of Body Fat to Simple Body Measurements
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 252 observations, 19 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 4, Number 1 (March 1996).

SUBMITTED BY:
Roger W. Johnson
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Carleton College
Northfield, MN 55057-4001

rjohnson@carleton.edu

fishcatch.dat
fishcatch.txt

NAME: Fish Catch
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 159 observations, 8 variables

SUBMITTED BY:
Juha Puranen
Departement of Statistics
PL33 (Aleksanterinkatu 7)
000014 University of Helsinki
Finland

jpuranen@noppa.helsinki.fi

fruitfly.dat
fruitfly.txt

NAME: Sexual activity and lifespan of male fruitflies
TYPE: Designed (almost factorial) experiment
SIZE: 125 observations, 5 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 2, Number 1 (July 1994).

SUBMITTED BY:
James A. Hanley and Stanley H. Shapiro
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McGill University
1020 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A2
Canada

INJH@musicb.mcgill.ca

StanS@epid.lan.mcgill.ca

galileo.dat
galileo.txt

NAME: Galileo Motion Data
TYPE: Measurement
SIZE: 7 observations, 2 variables (both numeric)
5 observations, 2 variables (both numeric)

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 3, Number 1 (March 1995).

SUBMITTED BY:
David A. Dickey
Department of Statistics, Box 8203
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8203

dickey@stat.ncsu.edu

hawks.dat
hawks.txt

NAME: 1997 University of Iowa Big Ten Basketball Data
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 18 observations, 4 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 6, Number 2 (July 1998).

SUBMITTED BY:
Dan Nettleton
924 Oldfather Hall
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0323

dnettlet@math.unl.edu

homerun.dat
homerun.txt

NAME: The 1998 Home Run Race Between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa
TYPE: Census; Time series
SIZE: 163 observations, 21 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 6, Number 3 (November 1998).

SUBMITTED BY:
Jeffrey S. Simonoff
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
New York University
44 West 4th Street, Rm. 8-54
New York, NY 10012-0258

jsimonoff@stern.nyu.edu

impeach.dat
impeach.txt

NAME: U.S. Senate Votes on Clinton Removal
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 100 observations (Senators), 10 variables

SUBMITTED BY:
Alan Reifman
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
College of Human Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1162

AReifman@hs.ttu.edu

lotto.dat
lotto.txt

NAME: Lotto 6/42 Selections from Individuals, Irish National Lottery, and S-Plus Simulation
TYPE: Six-tuples selected without replacement from {1, 2, 3, ..., 42}, plus a group identifier
SIZE: 234 + 264 + 264 observations, 1 + 6 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 7, Number 3 (November 1999).

SUBMITTED BY:
Philip J. Boland and Yudi Pawitan
Department of Statistics
National University of Ireland - Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Philip.J.Boland@ucd.ie

Yudi@ucd.ie

MLBHOF-tab.new.dat (data in tab-delimited format)
MLBHOF.new.dat (data in fixed column format)
MLBHOF.new.xls (data in Excel format)
MLBHOF.new.txt

NAME: Career Records for All Modern Position Players Eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 1419 observations, 27 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 8, Number 2 (July 2000).

SUBMITTED BY:
James J. Cochran
Department of Computer Information Systems and Analysis
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272

cochrajj@econqa.cba.uc.edu

nfl93.dat
nfl94.dat
nfl95.dat
nfl96.dat
nfl.txt

NAME: NFL Scores and Pointspreads
TYPE: Census (All values from recent seasons)
SIZE: 235 or 251 observations, 8 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 5, Number 3 (November 1997).

SUBMITTED BY:
Robin H. Lock
Mathematics Department
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

rlock@vm.stlawu.edu

normtemp.dat
normtemp.txt

NAME: Normal Body Temperature, Gender, and Heart Rate
TYPE: Random sample
SIZE: 130 observations, 3 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 4, Number 2 (July 1996).

SUBMITTED BY:
Allen L. Shoemaker
Psychology Department
Calvin College
3201 Burton St. S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

shoe@calvin.edu

poverty.dat
poverty.txt

NAME: The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 97 observations, 8 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 3, Number 2 (July 1995).

SUBMITTED BY:
Mary Rouncefield
Mathematics Department
Chester College
Cheyney Road
Chester
CH1 4DF
U.K.

readability.dat
readability.txt

NAME: Readability of Educational Materials for Patients with Cancer
TYPE: Two independent samples
SIZE: Two variables, one with 30 observations and the other with 63. The data file contains frequency distributions for the two variables over a common range of grade levels.

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 3, Number 2 (July 1995).

SUBMITTED BY:
Thomas H. Short
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085

short@monet.vill.edu

Helene Moriarty
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
University and Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
and
College of Nursing
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085

Mary E. Cooley
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
University and Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104

rowing.dat
rowing.txt

NAME: Weights of 1996 US Olympic Rowing Team
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 26 observations, 3 variables (name, event, weight)

SUBMITTED BY:
Beth Chance
University of the Pacific
Math Department, UOP, Stockton, CA 91711
bchance@legendre.cop.uop.edu

sat.dat
sat.txt

NAME: Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public School Expenditures
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 50 observations, 8 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 7, Number 2 (July 1999).

SUBMITTED BY:
Deborah Lynn Guber
Assistant Professor of Political Science
The University of Vermont
P.O. Box 54110
Burlington, VT 05405-4110

dguber@zoo.uvm.edu

televisions.dat
televisions.txt

NAME: Televisions, Physicians, and Life Expectancy
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 40 observations, 6 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 2, Number 2 (November 1994).

SUBMITTED BY:
Allan J. Rossman
Dickinson College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013

rossman@dickinson.edu

titanic.dat
titanic.txt

NAME: Population at Risk and Death Rates for an Unusual Episode
TYPE: Complete record for all of population at risk
SIZE: 2201 observations, 4 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 3, Number 3 (November 1995).

SUBMITTED BY:
Robert Dawson
Dept.of Mathematics and Computing Science
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3C3
email: rdawson@husky1.stmarys.ca

ushighway1.dat
ushighway1.txt

NAME: US Interstate System I
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 99 observations, 5 variables (3 numeric, 2 character)

SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Winner
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
103 Griffin/Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

winner@stat.ufl.edu

ushighway2.dat
ushighway2.txt

NAME: US Interstate System II
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 204 observations, 6 variables (2 numeric, 4 character)

SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Winner
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
103 Griffin/Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

winner@stat.ufl.edu

ushighway3.dat
ushighway3.txt

NAME: US Interstate System III
TYPE: Census
SIZE: 221 observations, 4 variables (2 numeric, 2 character)

SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Winner
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
103 Griffin/Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

winner@stat.ufl.edu

usnews.txt
usnews.dat (comma delimited version)
usnews3.dat (fixed column format version)

NAME: U.S. News College data
TYPE: Census (mostly)
SIZE: 1303 colleges, 35 variables

For more information see the file colleges.txt.

SUBMITTED BY:
Robin Lock
Mathematics Department
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

rlock@vm.stlawu.edu

utility.dat
utility.txt

NAME: What Does It Take to Heat a New Room?
TYPE: Time series
SIZE: 81 observations, 13 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 6, Number 1 (March 1998).

SUBMITTED BY:
Robert Carver
Department of Business Administration
Stonehill College
320 Washington Street
Easton, MA 02357-1150

rcarver@stonehill.edu

vlt.dat
vlt.txt

NAME: Video Lottery Terminal Data
TYPE: Random Sample
SIZE: 345 observations, 5 variables

The article associated with this dataset appears in the Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 3, Number 2 (July 1995).

SUBMITTED BY:
W. John Braun
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
CANADA

braun@uwpg02.uwinnipeg.ca

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