The data sets that follow are all in CSV format unless otherwise noted. Some of these datasets are original and were developed for statistics classes at Calvin College. Others come from the Data and Story Library. Others come from various R packages. The textbook datasets for Mathematics 241 can be found here.
| actgpa | ACT scores and GPAs of a random sample of 30 Calvin Seniors, some missing scores |
| actgpanona | Same file as above but with students with missing scores eliminated |
| aircondit | lifetimes of 12 different airplane airconditioning units (R package boot) |
| ais | 202 Australian elite athletes (R package alr3) |
| al0106 | all American league teams for years 2001-2006 |
| al2003 | all American league teams for the year 2003 |
| Allegan | 57 years of daily weather data at Allegan, Michigan |
| anorexia | pre- and post-weight of experiment on treatment of anorexia (R package MASS) |
| austen | occurence of common words in Jane Austen's work and the two halves of Sanditon |
| bball2007 | baseball teams in both leagues in 2007 |
| bball9498 | per game statistics on all baseball teams from 1994-1998 |
| bball9498all | complete statistics of all baseball teams from 1994-1998 |
| bballgames03 | all baseball games played in the 2003 season |
| Berkeley | UC Berkeley Admissions data (Simpson's Paradox data) |
| broccoli | weight of broccoli packed in boxes (R package faraway) |
| canus | health status after heart attack care in Canada and United States |
| cats | body weight and heart weight of cats (R package MASS) |
| chickwts | weight of chickens fed six different diets |
| cigs | cigarette sales and cancer rate for most states |
| city | city growth from 1920 to 1930 (R package boot) |
| corrosion | corrosion of iron bars (R package faraway) |
| counties | data on all US counties, 2000 census |
| cpd | projected and actual sales of 20 consumer products |
| crickets | temperature and cricket chirps |
| csbv | political view of a sample Calvin students in 2004 and 2007 |
| CSBVpolitical | same as csbv but responses coded with numbers |
| darts | pros and darts picking stocks versus DJIA |
| darwin | not really sure! |
| ddt | not really sure! |
| deathpenalty | deathpenalty by race of victim and defendant |
| depressed | experiment in diagnosis of depression with three different conditions |
| diviiibasketball | all NCAA Division I basketball programs |
| EducExp | educational expense by state with test scores (1994) |
| eco | US born population and income of states (R faraway) |
| evals | results of student course evaluations at Calvin in a certain semester, selected questions |
| faithful | eruption duration and waiting times for Old Faithful |
| families | families from an administration of the Current population survey |
| fat | body measurements and body fat indices (R package faraway) |
| florida | by county votes in Florida 2000 Presidential election |
| freethrow | NBA shooting records (late in 2008 season) of those taking enough shots |
| fruitfly | data on a fruit fly experiment - not sure where from! |
| fruitohms | sugar concentration and resistance for Kiwi fruit (R DAAG) |
| gessell | age and Gessell IQ score |
| gradrat | school and graduation rate for a certain year |
| gre | gre scores of Calvin students who took GRE over a three month period in 2007 |
| helicopter | dimensions and flight times of 20 helicopters (two times for one flight) |
| home | old and new prices of homes (don't know time period) |
| ironslag | measurements of iron content of slag samples (R package DAAG) |
| kicks | deaths from horse kicks in Prussian army by year and corp |
| kidney | outcome of two different treatments for kidney stones |
| lakemary | age in years and length of fish in Lake Mary |
| lifedata | lifetime of something or other |
| luge | times for men's single luge event, 2010 Olympics |
| m222 | test and exam scores of students in a section of Mathematics 222 |
| mammals | brain weight and body weight of many mammals (R MASS) |
| marathon | Olympic men's marathon times (2008) |
| March9bball | scores of all division I NCAA basketball games on March 9, 2009 |
| meadowbrook | assessed valuation of all homes on a street in Grand Rapids and last selling price |
| mentrack | track world records for men |
| miaa05 | all men's basketball players in the 2005 MIAA season |
| miaaft | free throw percentage of all MIAA men's basketball players, 10 or more free throws |
| microdrill | lifetimes of something or other |
| mm | counts of M&Ms from small bags in four big bags |
| mortality | mortality table for men |
| mortalityeducation | age-adjusted mortality and percentage of HS grads by state |
| naep | state-by-state NAEP scores with demographic data |
| newcomb | newcomb's measurement of light over a distance (true value 33.02) (R MASS) |
| nfl06 | statistics on all NFL teams in 2006 |
| normaltemp | temperature, gender, and hear rate of some Calvin students in Psychology 151 |
| nsse | NSSE: this institution has caused me to critically evaluate ideas I have always held |
| Nursingsmoking | several studies of treatments to get nurses to quit smoking |
| pairs | pairs competitition scores, 2010 Olympics |
| pallet | pallets repaired by four employees over five days |
| pi | the first 2000 digits of pi |
| popularkids | the popular kids data set |
| pump | lifetimes of a certain kind of pump |
| raisinbran | 30 simulated samples of 12 boxes of 11 ounce raisin bran |
| randomdot | time to resolve random dot stereograms in two treatments (information or not) |
| read | three reading treatments with a post-test score |
| reading | same as read but with several pre- and post-test scores |
| roller | the weight and the amount of depression created by a lawn roller (units?) |
| rubberbands | the length that a rubber band stretches under two different treatments |
| runswins04 | 2004 baseball teams including runs and win-loss record |
| savings | the savings dataset (R faraway) |
| scores | time between scores in a Calvin-Kalamazoo basketball game |
| singer | singers in the New York Choral Society (R package lattice) |
| singlefamilyhomeprices | median single family home prices in several cities over three years |
| sr80 | the ACT scores and GPAs of 80 Calvin seniors chosen at random (spring 2004) |
| srsatact | all 2004 seniors who have both SAT and ACT scores as well as GPAs |
| strawberries | strawberry discoloration for a preservative treatment |
| superbowl | participants in the 2008 SuperBowl |
| survey | survey of all statistics students during the Spring of 2006 |
| television | life expectancy, physicians and televisions |
| timetonohitter | no of games since the previous no-hitter, through 2007 |
| trees | girth height and volume of 31 felled cherry trees (R) |
| un | members of the UN and admission date |
| uselessdata | data from several 143 classes and a 243 class |
| WCCInvite | Women cross-country Knight Invitational (2008) finish times |
| wind | maximum velocity at San Diego airport on 6209 consecutive days |
| windowstrength | measurements of window strength by ksi until breaking |