forbes {SMPracticals} | R Documentation |
James Forbes measured the atmospheric pressure and boiling point of water at 17 locations in the Alps.
data(forbes)
A data frame with 17 observations on the following 2 variables.
Atkinson, A. C. (1985) Plots, Transformations, and Regression. Oxford University Press.
data(forbes) plot(forbes) fit <- lm(bp~pres,data=forbes) fit plot(forbes$pres,resid(fit)) # model OK? # try refitting with transformation fit <- lm(log(bp)~log(pres),data=forbes)