% DASL file http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/Cavendish.html % % Density of the Earth % % Reference: Moore, David S., and George P. McCabe (1989). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. Original source: Stigler, S.M., "Do robust estimators work with real data?" Annals of Statistics, 5 (1977), pp. 1055-1078. % Authorization: % Description: Dataset contains 29 measurements of the density of the earth, obtained by Henry Cavendish in 1798 using a torsion balance. Density is presented as a multiple of the density of water. % % Number of cases: 29 % Variable Names: % % Density: Density of the earth as a multiple of the density of water % @RELATION relation @ATTRIBUTE 'Density' numeric @DATA 5.50 5.57 5.42 5.61 5.53 5.47 4.88 5.62 5.63 4.07 5.29 5.34 5.26 5.44 5.46 5.55 5.34 5.30 5.36 5.79 5.75 5.29 5.10 5.86 5.58 5.27 5.85 5.65 5.39