geyser              package:KernSmooth              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
     August 1 to August 15, 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 mins
       `waiting'   numeric  Waiting time to next eruption

_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'

