hills                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

_R_e_c_o_r_d _T_i_m_e_s _i_n _S_c_o_t_t_i_s_h _H_i_l_l _R_a_c_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The record times in 1984 for 35 Scottish hill races.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     hills

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     The components are:

     '_d_i_s_t' distance in miles (on the map).

     '_c_l_i_m_b' total height gained during the route, in feet.

     '_t_i_m_e' record time in minutes.


_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     A.C. Atkinson (1986) Comment: Aspects of diagnostic regression
     analysis. _Statistical Science_ *1*, 397-402.

     [A.C. Atkinson (1988) Transformations unmasked. _Technometrics_
     *30*, 311-318 "corrects" the time for Knock Hill from 78.65 to
     18.65. It is unclear if this based on the original records.]

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) _Modern Applied
     Statistics with S._ Fourth edition.  Springer.