marathon                package:Rlab                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The data consists of the winning times (in minutes) for men and
     women at the New York Marathon, 1978-1998, along with the
     temperature in Fahrenheit.

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 21 observations on the following 4 variables.

     _y_e_a_r : 4-digit year

     _t_e_m_p : temperature (in Fahrenheit)

     _m_t_i_m_e : men's winning time (in seconds)

     _w_t_i_m_e : women's winning time (in seconds)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     "The Effects of Temperature on Marathon Runners' Performance" by
     David E. Martin and John F. Buoncristiani, Chance, Vol. 12, No. 4,
     1999

