people {mdatools}

People data

Description

Dataset for exploratory analysis with 32 objects (male and female persons) and 12 variables.

Usage

data(people)

Format

a matrix with 32 observations (persons) and 12 variables.

[, 1]	Height in cm.
[, 2]	Weight in kg.
[, 3]	Hair length (-1 for short, +1 for long).
[, 4]	Shoe size (EU standard).
[, 5]	Age, years.
[, 6]	Income, euro per year.
[, 7]	Beer consumption, liters per year.
[, 8]	Wine consumption, liters per year.
[, 9]	Sex (-1 for male, +1 for female).
[, 10]	Swimming ability (index, based on 500 m swimming time).
[, 11]	Region (-1 for Scandinavia, +1 for Mediterranean.
[, 12]	IQ (European standardized test).

Details

The data was taken from the book [1] and is in fact a small subset of a pan-European demographic survey. It includes information about 32 persons, 16 represent northern Europe (Scandinavians) and 16 are from the Mediterranean regions. In both groups there are 8 male and 8 female persons. The data includes both quantitative and qualitative variables and is particularly useful for benchmarking exploratory data analysis methods.

Source

1. K. Esbensen. Multivariate Data Analysis in Practice. Camo, 2002.