% File README % ----------- % % chscase A collection of the data sets used in the book % "A Casebook for a First Course in Statistics and Data Analysis," % by Samprit Chatterjee, Mark S. Handcock and Jeffrey S. Simonoff, % John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1995. Submitted by % Samprit Chatterjee (schatterjee@stern.nyu.edu), % Mark Handcock (mhandcock@stern.nyu.edu) and % Jeff Simonoff (jsimonoff@stern.nyu.edu) % % This submission consists of 38 files, plus this README file. % Each file represents a data set analyzed in the book. The names % of the files correspond to the names used in the book. The data % files are written in plain ASCII (character) text. Missing % values are represented by "M" in all data files. % % More information about the data sets and the book can be % obtained via gopher at the address % swis.stern.nyu.edu % % The information is filed under % ---> Academic Departments & Research Centers % ---> Statistics and Operations Research % ---> Publications % ---> A Casebook for a First Course in Statistics and Data Analysis % ---> Welcome! % % It can also be accessed from the World Wide Web (WWW) using a % WWW browser (e.g., netscape) starting from the URL address % http://www.stern.nyu.edu/SOR/Casebook % % % % NOTICE: These datasets may be used freely for scientific, % educational and/or non-commercial purposes, provided suitable % acknowledgment is given (by citing the Chatterjee, Handcock and % Simonoff reference above). % % File: health.dat % % Note: attribute names were generated automatically since there was no % information in the data itself. % % % Information about the dataset % CLASSTYPE: numeric % CLASSINDEX: none specific % @relation chscase-health @attribute col_1 {Alabama,Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Florida,Georgia,Hawaii,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Kentucky,Louisiana,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Montana,Nebraska,Nevada,New_Hampshire,New_Jersey,New_Mexico,New_York,North_Carolina,North_Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,Oregon,Pennslyvania,Rhode_Island,South_Carolina,South_Dakota,Tennessee,Texas,Utah,Vermont,Virginia,Washington,West_Virginia,Wisconsin,Wyoming} @attribute col_2 {_East_North_Central,_East_South_Central,_Middle_Atlantic,_Mountain,_North_East,_Pacific,_South_Atlantic,_West_North_Central,_West_South_Central} @attribute col_3 INTEGER @attribute col_4 INTEGER @attribute col_5 INTEGER @data Alabama,_East_South_Central,5,1833,118 Alaska,_Pacific,9,1801,82 Arizona,_Mountain,8,1712,104 Arkansas,_West_South_Central,6,1673,113 California,_Pacific,9,1914,91 Colorado,_Mountain,8,1807,93 Connecticut,_North_East,1,2080,80 Delaware,_South_Atlantic,3,2028,100 Florida,_South_Atlantic,3,2037,108 Georgia,_South_Atlantic,3,1884,108 Hawaii,_Pacific,9,1889,89 Idaho,_Mountain,8,1234,80 Illinois,_East_North_Central,4,1840,88 Indiana,_East_North_Central,4,1738,101 Iowa,_West_North_Central,7,1657,95 Kansas,_West_North_Central,7,1727,93 Kentucky,_East_South_Central,5,1713,110 Louisiana,_West_South_Central,6,1960,129 Maine,_North_East,1,1592,92 Maryland,_South_Atlantic,3,1918,87 Massachusetts,_North_East,1,2402,105 Michigan,_East_North_Central,4,1856,99 Minnesota,_West_North_Central,7,1969,103 Missouri,_West_North_Central,7,1983,111 Mississippi,_East_South_Central,5,1440,108 Montana,_Mountain,8,1440,90 Nebraska,_West_North_Central,7,1754,98 Nevada,_Mountain,8,1771,92 New_Hampshire,_North_East,1,1735,83 New_Jersey,_Middle_Atlantic,2,1887,74 New_Mexico,_Mountain,8,1582,107 New_York,_Middle_Atlantic,2,2134,95 North_Carolina,_South_Atlantic,3,1631,98 North_Dakota,_West_North_Central,7,2083,129 Ohio,_East_North_Central,4,1859,104 Oklahoma,_West_South_Central,6,1553,98 Oregon,_Pacific,9,1573,89 Pennslyvania,_Middle_Atlantic,2,2105,110 Rhode_Island,_North_East,1,1916,87 South_Carolina,_South_Atlantic,3,1558,101 South_Dakota,_West_North_Central,7,1736,106 Tennessee,_East_South_Central,5,2009,123 Texas,_West_South_Central,6,1742,101 Virginia,_South_Atlantic,3,1722,86 Vermont,_North_East,1,1454,82 Utah,_Mountain,8,1434,99 Washington,_Pacific,9,1691,87 Wisconsin,_East_North_Central,4,1762,98 West_Virginia,_South_Atlantic,3,1832,129 Wyoming,_Mountain,8,1301,76