Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Stopping distances

Keywords:

stopping distance

Categories:

generalized linear models

Description:

The data give the stopping distance of an automobile travelling at various speeds.

There are 63 observations on two variables.

Variables:

Speed	The speed of the automobile in miles per hour
Distance	The distance travelled after the stop signal is given, in feet.

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

The data come from Ezekiel, Mordecai and Fox, Karl A. Methods of Correlation and Regression Analysis, New York: John Wiley and sons, page 40.

Notes:

The data appear to be artificial.

References:

The data are used in Stirling, W. Douglas (1985). "Heteroscedastic models and an application to block design" in Applied Statistics, 34(1), 33--41.