geyser                  package:sm                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A version of the eruptions data from the ``Old Faithful'' geyser
     in Yellowstone National  Park,  Wyoming. This version comes from
     Azzalini and Bowman (1990) and is of continuous measurement from 
     1st August to  15th August  1985. 

     Some nocturnal duration measurements were coded as 2, 3 or 4
     minutes, having originally been described as `short', `medium' or
     `long'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(geyser)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 299 observations on 2 variables.

       'duration'  numeric  Eruption time, in minutes
       'waiting'   numeric  Waiting time to next eruption, in minutes

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Azzalini, A. and Bowman, A. W. (1990) A look at some data on the
     Old Faithful geyser.  _Applied Statistics_ *39*, 357-365.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'faithful'

