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Filename: BodyFat.xlsx
Data on percent bodyfat measurements for a sample of 252 men, along with various measures of body
size. Percent body fat is normally measured by weighing the person underwater — a cumbersome
procedure. The goal is a regression model that will allow accurate estimation of percent body fat,
given easily obtainable body measurements. The data were taken from the Journal of Statistics
Education data archive.
Filename: BHH.xlsx
Data from an industrial experiment, from Statistics for Experimenters by Box, Hunter, & Hunter.
Used to illustrate several approaches to analyzing data, in chapters 2 and 3 of that book.
Filename: Diamonds.xlsx
Prices of cut diamonds, along with data on color, clarity, and ratings agency. Taken
from the Journal of Statistics Education online data archive.
Filename: DJI-SP.xlsx
Daily values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 stock market indices,
for ten years (2014-2024). Data source: Federal Reserve Economic Data ("FRED").
Filename: KyDerby.xlsx
Winning time in the Kentucky Derby since its inception in 1875. The file gives the year, name of the
winning horse, and winning time in minutes and seconds.
Filename: NMS.xlsx — data in tabular form
Filename: NMS2.xlsx — same data, in format suitable for regression analysis
Prices of various starships in the computer game "No Man's Sky," used
in a class activity on data modeling.
Filename: Normtemp.xlsx
Data on body temperature, gender, and heart rate. Taken from the article "A Critical Appraisal of 98.6
Degrees F ...," by Mackowiak et al., in the Journal of the American Medical Association
(vol. 268, pp. 1578-80, 1992).
Filename: PresElect.xlsx
Results for post-World War II presidential elections, giving the total number of votes cast for all
candidates as well as the number received by the two major political parties.
Filename: USPop.xlsx
Population of the United States, in every decennial census since the first one in 1790.
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