8.2.57.42 tblish.dataset.mtcars

Static Method: out = mtcars ()

Motor Trend 1974 Car Road Tests

Description

The data was extracted from the 1974 Motor Trend US magazine, and comprises fuel consumption and 10 aspects of automobile design and performance for 32 automobiles (1973–74 models).

Format

mpg

Fuel efficiency in miles/gallon

cyl

Number of cylinders

disp

Displacement (cu. in.)

hp

Gross horsepower

drat

Rear axle ratio

wt

Weight (1,000 lbs)

qsec

1/4 mile time

vs

Engine type (0 = V-shaped, 1 = straight)

am

Transmission type (0 = automatic, 1 = manual)

gear

Number of forward gears

carb

Number of carburetors

Note

Henderson and Velleman (1981) comment in a footnote to Table 1: “Hocking [original transcriber]’s noncrucial coding of the Mazda’s rotary engine as a straight six-cylinder engine and the Porsche’s flat engine as a V engine, as well as the inclusion of the diesel Mercedes 240D, have been retained to enable direct comparisons to be made with previous analyses.”

Source

Henderson and Velleman (1981). Building multiple regression models interactively. Biometrics, 37, 391–411.

Examples

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