Backpack {Stat2Data}

Weights of College Student Backpacks

Description

Backpack weights for a sample of college students

Format

A data frame with 100 observations on the following 9 variables.

BackpackWeight	Backpack weight (in pounds)
BodyWeight	Body weight (in pounds)
Ratio	BackpackWeight/BodyWeight
BackProblems	0=no or 1=yes
Major	Code for academic major
Year	Year in school
Sex	a factor with levels Female Male
Status	Graduate or undergraduate? G or U
Units	Number of credits taken that quarter

Details

A survey of students at California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) collected data to investigate the question of whether back aches might be due to carrying heavy backpacks,

Source

Mintz J., Mintz J., Moore K., and Schuh K., "Oh, My Aching Back! A Statistical Analysis of Backpack Weights," Stats: The Magazine for Students of Statistics, vol. 32, 2002, pp. 1719.