Statistics of 1979 automobile models

Statistics for 74 automobiles in the 1979 model year as sold in the US.

Usage

auto

Format

A data frame with 74 observations on the following 14 variables.

Model

Make and model of car

Origin

a factor with levels A,E,J

Price

Price in dollars

MPG

Miles per gallon

Rep78

Repair record for 1978 on 1 (worst) to 5 (best) scale

Rep77

Repair record for 1978 on 1 to 5 scale

Hroom

Headroom in inches

Rseat

Rear seat clearance in inches

Trunk

Trunk volume in cubic feet

Weight

Weight in pounds

Length

Length in inches

Turn

Turning diameter in feet

Displa

Engine displacement in cubic inches

Gratio

Gear ratio for high gear

Source

This data frame was created from http://euclid.psych.yorku.ca/ftp/sas/sssg/data/auto.sas

Details

The data is from various sources, primarily Consumer Reports, April, 1979, and the United States government EPA statistics on fuel consumption.

References

Originally published in Chambers, Cleveland, Kleiner, and Tukey, Graphical Methods for Data Analysis, 1983, pages 352-355.

Examples

corrgram(auto[, -c(1:2)])