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<h2>Old Faithful Geyser Data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>A version of the eruptions data from the &lsquo;Old Faithful&rsquo; geyser
in Yellowstone National  Park,  Wyoming. This version comes from
Azzalini and Bowman (1990) and is of continuous measurement from August
1 to August 15, 1985.
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<p>Some nocturnal duration measurements were coded as 2, 3 or 4 minutes,
having originally been described as &lsquo;short&rsquo;, &lsquo;medium&rsquo;
or &lsquo;long&rsquo;.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
geyser
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 299 observations on 2 variables.
</p>

<table summary="Rd table">
<tr>
 <td align="left">
    <code>duration</code>  </td><td align="left"> numeric  </td><td align="left"> Eruption time in mins </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td align="left">
    <code>waiting</code>   </td><td align="left"> numeric  </td><td align="left"> Waiting time to next eruption </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td align="left">
  </td>
</tr>

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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Azzalini, A. and Bowman, A. W. (1990) A look at some
data on the Old Faithful geyser.  <EM>Applied Statistics</EM>
<B>39</B>, 357&ndash;365.
</p>
<p>Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002)
<EM>Modern Applied Statistics with S.</EM> Fourth edition.  Springer.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>faithful</code></p>


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