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HistData

Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization

v1.0.0 · Nov 30, 2025 · GPL

Description

The 'HistData' package provides a collection of small data sets that are interesting and important in the history of statistics and data visualization. The goal of the package is to make these available, both for instructional use and for historical research. Some of these present interesting challenges for graphics or analysis in R.

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ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
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examples

Running examples in ‘HistData-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: CushnyPeebles
> ### Title: Cushny-Peebles Data: Soporific Effects of Scopolamine
> ###   Derivatives

...[truncated]...
)
+ }
Loading required package: car
Warning in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE,  :
  there is no package called ‘car’
> summary(CPaov, univariate=FALSE)
Error: object 'CPaov' not found
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies UsingR cholera statsr HistData

Version History

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new 1.0.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.0 ← 0.9-3 diff Nov 29, 2025
updated 0.9-3 ← 0.9-1 diff Apr 8, 2025
updated 0.9-1 ← 0.8-7 diff Aug 9, 2023
updated 0.8-7 ← 0.8-6 diff Mar 8, 2021
updated 0.8-6 ← 0.8-4 diff Jan 8, 2020
updated 0.8-4 ← 0.8-2 diff Apr 4, 2018
updated 0.8-2 ← 0.8-1 diff Aug 15, 2017
updated 0.8-1 ← 0.8-0 diff Jan 8, 2017
updated 0.8-0 ← 0.7-8 diff Dec 16, 2016
updated 0.7-8 ← 0.7-6 diff Apr 12, 2016
updated 0.7-6 ← 0.7-5 diff Oct 15, 2015
updated 0.7-5 ← 0.7-3 diff Apr 25, 2014
updated 0.7-3 ← 0.7-0 diff Aug 20, 2013
updated 0.7-0 ← 0.6-14 diff Dec 30, 2012