forbes                 package:MASS                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A data frame with 17 observations on boiling point of water and
     barometric pressure in inches of mercury.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     forbes

_F_o_r_m_a_t:


     '_b_p' boiling point (degrees Farenheit).

     '_p_r_e_s' barometric pressure in inches of mercury.


_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     A. C. Atkinson (1985) _Plots, Transformations and Regression._
     Oxford.

     S. Weisberg (1980) _Applied Linear Regression._ Wiley.

