% 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: return.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-return @attribute col_1 numeric @attribute col_2 numeric @attribute col_3 numeric @data 1976,10000.0,10000.0 1977,9281.2618,9215.649 1978,9885.7197,9756.9082 1979,11710.427,11517.425 1980,15509.067,15193.239 1981,14752.55,14402.241 1982,17924.065,17422.847 1983,21949.377,21132.846 1984,23315.074,22446.111 1985,30692.293,29454.943 1986,36407.253,34774.475 1987,38292.406,36410.597 1988,44609.936,42316.969 1989,58702.304,55589.213 1990,56870.986,53741.335 1991,74159.426,69982.908 1992,79803.551,75178.046 1993,87831.507,82613.237