8.2.45.84 octave.dataset.WorldPhones

Static Method: out = WorldPhones ()

The World’s Telephones

Description

The number of telephones in various regions of the world (in thousands).

Format

A matrix with 7 rows and 8 columns. The columns of the matrix give the figures for a given region, and the rows the figures for a year.

The regions are: North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Oceania, Africa, Central America.

The years are: 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961.

Source

AT&T (1961) The World’s Telephones.

References

McNeil, D. R. (1977). Interactive Data Analysis. New York: Wiley.

Examples

octave.dataset.WorldPhones;

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