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Automobile Data from Consumer Reports
Description
The data set cars [Consumers' Union, 1990] contains 111 models of automobile. The original data can be found in the S-Plus? [TIBCO Software Inc., 2009] data frame cu.dimensions. In cars, the variables have been normalized to have medians of 0 and median absolute deviations (MAD) of 1.4826 (the MAD for a N(0, 1)).
Usage
cars
Format
A double matrix with 111 observations on the following 11 variables.
- Length
Overall length, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.
- Wheelbase
Length of wheelbase, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.
- Width
Width of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer.
- Height
Height of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer
- FrontHd
Distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft. 9 in. front seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU.
- RearHd
Distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft 9 in. rear seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU
- FrtLegRoom
Maximum front leg room, in inches, as measured by CU.
- RearSeating
Rear fore-and-aft seating room, in inches, as measured by CU.
- FrtShld
Front shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU.
- RearShld
Rear shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU.
- Luggage
Luggage Area in Car.
Source
Consumers' Union. Body dimensions. Consumer Reports, April 286 - 288, 1990.