| cars04 {openintro} | R Documentation | 
cars04
Description
A data frame with 428 rows and 19 columns. This is a record of characteristics on all of the new models of cars for sale in the US in the year 2004.
Usage
cars04
Format
A data frame with 428 observations on the following 19 variables.
- name
- The name of the vehicle including manufacturer and model. 
- sports_car
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is a sports car. 
- suv
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is an suv. 
- wagon
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is a wagon. 
- minivan
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is a minivan. 
- pickup
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is a pickup. 
- all_wheel
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is all-wheel drive. 
- rear_wheel
- Logical variable indicating if the vehicle is rear-wheel drive. 
- msrp
- Manufacturer suggested retail price of the vehicle. 
- dealer_cost
- Amount of money the dealer paid for the vehicle. 
- eng_size
- Displacement of the engine - the total volume of all the cylinders, measured in liters. 
- ncyl
- Number of cylinders in the engine. 
- horsepwr
- Amount of horsepower produced by the engine. 
- city_mpg
- Gas mileage for city driving, measured in miles per gallon. 
- hwy_mpg
- Gas mileage for highway driving, measured in miles per gallon. 
- weight
- Total weight of the vehicle, measured in pounds. 
- wheel_base
- Distance between the center of the front wheels and the center of the rear wheels, measured in inches. 
- length
- Total length of the vehicle, measured in inches. 
- width
- Total width of the vehicle, measured in inches. 
Examples
library(ggplot2)
# Highway gas mileage
ggplot(cars04, aes(x = hwy_mpg)) +
  geom_histogram(
    bins = 15, color = "white",
    fill = openintro::IMSCOL["green", "full"]
  ) +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(
    title = "Highway gas milage for cars from 2004",
    x = "Gas Mileage (miles per gallon)",
    y = "Number of cars"
  )