geyser {MASS}R Documentation

Old Faithful Geyser Data

Description

A version of the eruptions data from the ``Old Faithful'' geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. This version comes from Azzalini and Bowman (1990) and is of continuous measurement from August 1 to August 15, 1985.

Some nocturnal duration measurements were coded as 2, 3 or 4 minutes, having originally been described as `short', `medium' or `long'.

Usage

data(geyser)

Format

A data frame with 299 observations on 2 variables.
duration numeric Eruption time in mins
waiting numeric Waiting time to next eruption

References

Azzalini, A. and Bowman, A. W. (1990) A look at some data on the Old Faithful geyser. Applied Statistics 39, 357–365.

See Also

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