hooker                 package:alr3                 R Documentation

_H_o_o_k_e_r'_s _d_a_t_a

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

     In his original paper, Forbes provided additional data collected
     by the botanist Dr. Joseph Hooker on temperatures and boiling
     points measured often at higher altitudes in the Himalaya
     Mountains.

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _T_e_m_p Measured boiling temperature, degrees F. 

     _P_r_e_s_s_u_r_e Measured air pressure, inches of Mercury. 

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

     Forbes, J. (1957). Further experiments and remarks on the
     measurement of heights by boiling point of water. _Transactions of
     the Royal Society of Edinburgh_, 21, 235-243.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. New
     York: Wiley, Problem 2.2.4.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(hooker)

