p2.10 {MPV}

Data Set for Problem 2-10

Description

The p2.10 data frame has 26 observations on weight and systolic blood pressure for randomly selected males in the 25-30 age group.

Usage

data(p2.10)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

weight

in pounds

sysbp

systolic blood pressure

Source

Montgomery, D.C., Peck, E.A., and Vining, C.G. (2001) Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis. 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons.

Examples

data(p2.10)
attach(p2.10)
cor.test(weight, sysbp, method="pearson")  # tests rho=0
                                           # and computes 95% CI for rho
                                           # using Fisher's Z-transform