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Cloud-seeding data

Source: R/datasets.R
clouds.Rd

The data used in the STAT0002 notes to introduce the idea of transforming data to approximate symmetry. This dataset contains the amounts of rainfall, in acre-feet, produced by 52 clouds. Half of the clouds were chosen at random to be seeded with silver nitrate.

Usage

clouds

Format

A data frame with 26 observations on the following 2 variables.

  • unseeded: the rainfall amount for unseeded clouds.

  • seeded: the rainfall amount for unseeded clouds.

Source

Simpson, J., Olsen, A. , and Eden. J.C. (1975). A Bayesian analysis of a multiplicative treatment effect in weather modification. Technometrics, 17, 161-166.