Data Sets for Mind on Statistics (Utts and Heckard)
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beans
Fifteen students each put as many beans into a cup as they
were able in 15 seconds. All students did the task twice, once
with their dominant hand and once with their non-dominant hand.
(Source: The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Dom Beans
placed with dominant hand
C2 NonDom Beans
placed with nondominant hand.
C3 Diff Difference
between two hands
bears-female
Age and physical measurement data for n=19 female wild
bears. (Source: Minitab, Inc.).
Column Name Description
C1 Age age
in months
C2 Neck neck
girth, inches
C3 Length length
of bear, inches
C4 Chest chest
girth, inches
C5 Weight pounds
Cash5
Data for n = 1,560 plays of the Pennsylvania lottery game
called Cash 5. In the game the state randomly picks 5 numbers
between 1 and 39. The data are used in an example in Chapter
9. This game is called Fantasy 5 in California and some data
for that state are in the dataset Fantasy5.
(Source: Pennsylvania Lottery Commission website, www.palottery.org)
Column Name Description
C1 date Date
of game
C2 low Lowest
number picked
C3 second Second
number in low to high order
C4 median Median
of numbers picked
C5 fourth Fourth
number in low to high order
C6 high Highest
number picked
ceodata
Ages and annual salaries for the CEOs of the 60 top ranked
small companies in America in 1993. Source: Forbes,
Nov. 8, 1993, "America's Best Small Companies,"
also at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/ DASL/ Datafiles/ ceodat.html)
Column Name Description
C1 Age age
of CEO
C2 Salary annual
salary in thousands (There's one missing value.)
chap4-heights
Heights (inches) for 55 females and 45 males. The data are used by
the Sampling applet in Section 4.2. (Source:
The authors.)
Column Name
Description
C1 Sex
Male of Female
C2 Height height
in inches
cholest
Cholesterol levels for 28 heart attack patients measured 2, 4, and 14
days after the heart attack, and also cholesterol levels for 30 other
patients who did not have a heart attack. (Source: Minitab, Inc.)
Column Name Description
C1 2-Day Cholesterol
level 2 days after heart attack
C2 4-Day Cholesterol
level 4 days after heart attack
C3 14-Day Cholesterol
level 14 days after heart attack (9 missing values)
C4 control Cholesterol
levels for 30 patients without a heart attack
chugtime
Body weights and the time it takes to chug a 12-ounce beverage
for n=13 college students. The data were submitted by a student
for a class project. (Source: William Harkness, Pennsylvania
State University)
Column Name Description
C1 Weight body
weight, pounds
C2 ChugTime time
to chug, seconds
deprived
Amount of sleep per night and whether person feels sleep
deprived for n=86 college students. (Source: Laura
Simon, Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 Deprived Answer
to, "Do you feel that you are sleep deprived?"
C2 SleepHrs Self-reported
hours of sleep per night
Fantasy5
Data for n = 2,318 plays of the California lottery game called
Fantasy 5. In the game, the state randomly picks 5 numbers between
1 and 39. This game is called Cash 5 in Pennsylvania and some
data for that state are in the dataset Cash5. (Source:
California Lottery website, www.calottery.com)
Column Name Description
C1 Date Date
of game
C2 Low Lowest
number picked
C3 Second Second
number in low to high order
C4 Third Median
of numbers picked
C5 Fourth Fourth
number in low to high order
C6 High Highest
number picked
Fantasy5-99
Data for the n = 365 daily plays in 1999 of the California
lottery game called Fantasy 5. In the game, the state randomly
picks 5 numbers between 1 and 39. The data in this data set are
a subset of the data set Fantasy5. (Source: California
Lottery website, www.calottery.com)
Column Name Description
C1 Date Date
of game
C2 Low Lowest
number picked
C3 Second Second
number in low to high order
C4 Third Median
of numbers picked
C5 Fourth Fourth
number in low to high order
C6 High Highest
number picked
GSS-93
Data are for eleven variables and n = 1,606 respondents in
the 1993 General Social Survey, a national survey done by the
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago
Some questions are only asked of about two-thirds of the survey
participants, so there is quite a bit of missing data. (Source: SDA
archive at UC Berkeley website, http://csa.berkeley.edu:7502)
Column Name Description
C1 sex Sex
of respondent
C2 race Race
of respondent (White, African American, Other)
C3 degree Highest
educational degree received (Five categories)
C4 relig Religious
preference (Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Other)
C5 polparty Does
respondent think of self as Democrat, Republican, Indep. or Other?
C6 cappun Does
the respondent favor or oppose the death penalty.
C7 tvhours Hours
of watching television on a typical day
C8 marijuan Whether
the respondent thinks marijuana should be legalized or not
C9 owngun Whether
respondent owns a gun or not (Yes or No)
C10 gunlaw Does
respondent favor or oppose a law requiring a permit to buy a
gun?
C11 age Age
of the respondent
GSS-93samp
n=500 randomly selected observations from the GSS-93
data set. The random selection was done by the authors using
Minitab.
handheight
Heights and stretched handspans for n=167 college students. Each
student decided which of their hands to measure. The data are
used for examples in Chapters 5 and 14. (Source: The
authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 Height Self-reported
height (inches)
C3 HandSpan Self-measured
stretched handspan (cm)
happyface
Tip percents on restaurant bills for male and female servers who either
draw a happy face on the bill or do not in a randomized experiment.The
data are used for Example 16.6 and an example in Supplemental Topic S4.
(Source: Professor Bruce Rind of Temple University)
Column Name
Description
C1 Message
HappyFace or None
C2 Sex
Sex
of server (Male or Female)
C3 TipPct Tip
as percent of the bill
heightfoot
Heights and foot lengths for n=33 college students. (Source: William
Harkness, Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 height Self-reported
height, inches
C2 foot Self-measured
foot length, cm
idealwt
Actual weight and ideal weight for n=182 college students. Actual
weights were reported by the students The "ideal" weight
is the response to, "What is your ideal weight?" The
data were collected in the Fall semester of 1999. (Source:
William Harkness, Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 sex Male
or Female
C2 actual Self-reported
weight, pounds
C3 ideal Student's
ideal weight, pounds
C4 diff Difference
between actual and ideal weights
idealwtmen
Actual and ideal weights for the n=63 males in the idealwt
data set. (Source: A subset of the idealwt data
set.
idealwtwomen
Actual and ideal weights for the n=119 females in the idealwt
data set.
letters
A sample of 63 students wrote as many letters of the alphabet,
in order as capital letters, as they could in 15 seconds using
their dominant hand, and then repeated this task using their
nondominant hand. The variables dom and nondom
contain the raw data for the results. (Source: Laura Simon,
Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 sex Male
or Female
C2 dom Number
of letters printed with dominant hand in 15 seconds
C3 nondom Number
of letters printed with non-dominant hand in 15 seconds
MusicCDs
Responses by n = 24 college students to the question, "About
how many music CDs do you own?" Data are used for Example 2.7. (Source:
The authors.)
Column Name
Description
C1 CDs
Number of music CDs owned
C2 Sex
Male or Female
pennstate1
Data from n=190 college students in a statistical literacy class.
The survey is described in Section 2.1 of the text, and the data are the
basis for several examples in Chapter 2. (Source: The
authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 HrsSleep Hours
of sleep the previous night
C3 SQpick Choice
of either S or Q
C4 Height Reported
height, inches
C5 RandNumb "Random"
pick of a number between 1 and 10
C6 Fastest Fastest
speed ever driven, mph
C7 RtSpan Measured
stretched right handspan, cm
C8 LftSpan Measured
stretched left handspan, cm
C9 Form For
SQpick variable, order of listing S and Q on survey form
pennstate1F
Data from the n=103 females in the pennstate1 data
set.
pennstate1M
Data from the n=87 males in the pennstate1 data set.
pennstate2
Data from n=205 students in a statistics class for students
in the social and behavioral sciences. The survey was done in
the Spring semester of 2000. (Source: The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 EarPrces Total
ear pierces in two ears
C3 Tattoo Does
student have a tattoo (Yes or No)
C4 CDs Student's
estimate of how many music CDs he/she owns
C5 Height Self-reported
height in inches
C6 HtChoice Height
student would choose to be if they could choose any height.
C7 Looks On
a scale of 0-9, importance of looks (0) versus personality (9)
C8 Friends Sex
it's easiest to make friends with (Opposite, Same, No Diff)
pennstate3
Data from n=227 students in a statistics class for students
in the social and behavioral sciences. The survey was done during
the Spring semester of 1997. (Source: William Harkness,
Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 WtFeel Whether
student feels he/she is Overweight, Underweight, About Right.
C3 Friends Sex
it's easiest to make friends with (Opposite, Same, No Diff)
C4 atfirst Do you
believe in love at first sight? (Yes or No)
C5 supernat Do
you believe in the supernatural? (Yes or No)
C6 xtraterr Do
you think there is extraterrestrial life? (Yes or No)
C7 grtpers Would
you date someone with a great personality even if
you
did not find them attractive? (Yes or No)
pennstate4
Data from n=75 students in a statistics class for biology
and pre-med students The survey was done during the Spring semester
of 1999. (Source: Laura Simon, Pennsylvania State
University)
Column Name Description
C1 Phone Minutes
spent talking on phone in typical week
C2 Exercise Minutes
spent exercising in typical week
C3 BookCost Amount
spent on textbooks for present semester, dollars
C4 Sex Male
or Female
pennstate5
Data from n=175 students in a statistics class for liberal arts and
social science students The survey was done during the Spring semester
of 2000. (Source: The authors.)
Column Name
Description
C1 TV
Hours spent watching television
in a typical day.
C2 Shower
Minutes spent taking typical shower
C3 Sex
Male or Female
perhouse
Persons per household in the United States in Census years from 1850
to 2000. (Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999,
p. 383 and the U.S. Census Bureau)
Column Name Description
C1 year year
of Census
C2 perhouse Persons
per household in U.S.
physical
Physical measurements for n=55 college students. Measurements
were made by the students during a class activity. (Source:
William Harkness, Pennsylvania State University.)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 Height Self-reported
height, inches
C3 LeftArm Length
of left forearm, cm
C4 RtArm Length
of right forearm, cm
C5 LeftFoot Length
of left foot, cm
C6 RtFoot Length
of right foot, cm
C7 LeftHand Width
of left palm, cm
C8 RtHand Width
of right palm, cm
C9 HeadCirc Head
circumference, cm
C10 nose Nose
length, cm
ProfBooks
Number of pages, price, and whether the book is hardcover
or softcover for n=15 books on a professor's bookshelf. (Source:
The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Pages Number
of pages in book
C2 Price Cost
of book, dollars
C3 Type Type
of book (Hardcover or Softcover)
pulsemarch
Students in a statistics class measured their pulse rates
before and after marching in place for one minute. The sample
size is n = 40. (Source: Laura Simon,
Pennsylvania State University)There are three columns of data:
Column Name Description
C1 Sex
Male or Female
C2 Before
Pulse rate before marching in place
C3 After Pulse
rate after marching in place for one minute
rainfall
Annual rainfall in inches in Davis, California from 1951 to 1997.
The data ae used for Example 2.9.
Column Name
Description
C1 Year
Ranges from 1951 to 1997.
C2 Rainfall Annual
rainfall in inches
sats98
For the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the statewide mean
verbal and math SAT scores in 1998. The data set also includes the estimated
percent of high graduates who took the SAT in each state. (Source:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999, p. 245)
Column Name Description
C1 State State
abbreviation
C2 Verbal Mean
verbal SAT in state
C3 Math Mean
math SAT in state
C4 PctTook Percent
of graduates who took the SAT
signdist
For n=30 drivers, the driver's age and the maximum distance at
which the driver can read a highway sign at nigh. The data are
used in examples in Chapters 5 and 14. (Source: Based
on data collected by Last Resource, Inc., Bellefonte, PA)
Column Name Description
C1 Age Driver's
age
C2 Distance Distance
at which sign can be read, feet.
sleepstudy
Hours of sleep the previous and hours of studying the previous
day for n=116 students The data are used for a correlation example
in Chapter 5.. (Source: The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sleep Hours
of sleep the previous day
C2 Study Hours
of studying the previous day.
speedlimit
Highway death rates (per 100 million vehicle miles of travel)
and maximum speed limits in 10 countries. (Source: "Fifty-five
mph speed limit is no safety guarantee," D. J. Rivkin, New
York Times (letters to the editor), Nov. 25, 1986, p. 26.)
Column Name Description
C1 country
C2 death Highway
accident death rate per 100 million miles of travel
C3 limit Maximum
speed limit
temperature
Geographic latitude and mean temperature in January, April,
and August for 20 cities in the United States. (Source: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999, p. 220 and p. 456)There are
five columns of data:
Column Name Description
C1 city City
name
C2 latitude Geographic
latitude of city
C3 JanTemp Mean
January temperature, Fahrenheit
C4 AprTemp Mean
April temperature, Fahrenheit
C5 AugTemp Mean
August temperature, Fahrenheit
turkeypop
Data from an experiment done to examine the "anchoring"
effect, which is that a person's estimate of a quantity is influenced
by numbers given in prior questions. At a conference for teachers
of business statistics, n = 45 participants were randomized to
two experimental groups. One group answered the question "Do
you think the population of Turkey is more than 10 million?"
The other group answered the question " Do you think
the population of Turkey is more than 70 million?" All participants
were then asked to estimate the population of Turkey, to the
nearest million. If the anchoring effect holds, participants
asked if the population is more than 70 million would tend to
give higher estimates than those who were asked if it is more
than 10 million. (Source: The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Form The
value given in the first question asked (either 10 or 70).
C2 Estimate Participants
estimate of the population of Turkey (millions)
UCDavis1
Data from n=173 college students in two different statistics
classes. One class was for students not in the liberal arts (n=148),
while the other class was for students in the liberal arts (n=25).
The data were collected in the Spring quarter of 2000. (Source:
The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 TV Hours
spent watching television each week.
C3 computer Hours
spent at a computer each week.
C4 Sleep Hours
of sleep previous night.
C5 Seat Typical
classroom seat location (Front Middle Back)
C6 alcohol Number
of alcoholic beverages consumed each week
C7 Height Self-reported
height, inches
C8 momheight Mother's
height, inches
C9 dadheight Father's
height, inches
C10 exercise Hours
spent exercising each week
C11 GPA Student's
GPA
C12 class Liberal
Arts or Non Liberal Arts
UCDavis1F
Data for the n=94 females in the UCDavis1 data set.
UCDavis1M
Data for the n=79 males in the UCDavis1 data set.
UCDavis2
Data from n=239 college students. The data were collected
in the Fall quarter of 2000. (Source: The authors)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
or Female
C2 GPA Student's
GPA
C3 Seat Typical
classroom seat location (Front Middle Back)
C4 alcohol Number
of alcoholic beverages consumed in typical week
C5 WtFeel Does
student feel he/she is Oveweight, Underweight, About Right?
C6 Height Self-reported
height, inches
C7 IdealHt Student's
choice of ideal height, inches
C8 momheight Mother's
height, inches
C9 dadheight Father's
height, inches
C10 Hand Are
you Left-handed or Right-handed ?
C11 Looks On
a scale of 1-25 importance of personality (1) versus looks (25)
C12 Friends Who
is easiest to make friends with? (Opposite sex Same
sex)
C13 Cheat Would
you tell the instructor if you saw somebody cheating on an exam?
C14 Smoke Does
student smoke at least one pack of cigarettes per week?
UCDchap5
Self-reported heights and parents' heights for n=18 college
students. (Source: A subset of the dataset UCDavis2)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Coded
as M or F
C2 height Student's
height, in inches
C3 momheight Mother's
height, in inches (as reported by student)
C4 dadheight Father's
height, in inches (as reported by student)
C5 midparent Average
of parents' heights, in inches
UCDwomht
Self-reported heights and parents' heights for n=94 college
women. (Source: A subset of the dataset UCDavis1)
Column Name Description
C1 height Student's
height, in inches
C2 momheight Mother's
height, in inches (as reported by student)
C3 dadheight Father's
height, in inches (as reported by student)
C4 midparent Average
of parents' heights, in inches
wthghtM
Weight and height data for n=43 college men. The data are
used in examples in Chapter 14. (Source: Laura Simon,
Pennsylvania State University)
Column Name Description
C1 Sex Male
for all 43 rows.
C2 Height Self-reported
height in inches
C3 Weight Self-reported
weights in pounds
YouthRisk
Data from the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey of U.S.
high school students. These data are for 12th graders, aged 17 and 18
years old, who say they drive.
(Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/)
Column Name
Description
C1 Sex
Male or Female
C2 Grades
Grades usually achieved in school
C3 DaysCigs
Days student smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days (categorized)
C4 DaysDrnk Days
on which student drank alcohol during past 30 days (categorized)
C5 SeatBelt
How often student wears seatbelt when driving (categorized)
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