The number of scintillations in 72 second intervals caused by the radioiactive
decay of polonium.
Variables:
Count
The number of scintillations
Frequency
The frequency of the given number of scintillations
Data Quality:
There are no missing values.
Source:
Hand et al. dataset 279.
Notes:
This is the classical data from Rutherford and Geiger.
References:
Rutherford, E and Geiger, M (1910).
`The probability variations in the distribution of alpha-particles'
in
Philosophical Magazine, Series 6,
20, 698-704.