通过data()函数可以查看R自带数据集。
> data()
返回以下结果，每一条记录都是一个数据，键入相应的数据名称可以查看具体信息。
Data sets in package ¡®datasets¡¯: AirPassengers Monthly Airline Passenger Numbers 1949-1960 BJsales Sales Data with Leading Indicator BJsales.lead (BJsales) Sales Data with Leading Indicator BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand CO2 Carbon Dioxide Uptake in Grass Plants ChickWeight Weight versus age of chicks on different diets DNase Elisa assay of DNase EuStockMarkets Daily Closing Prices of Major European Stock Indices, 1991-1998 Formaldehyde Determination of Formaldehyde HairEyeColor Hair and Eye Color of Statistics Students Harman23.cor Harman Example 2.3 Harman74.cor Harman Example 7.4
例如我们查看mtcars (Motor Trend Car Road Tests)的信息。
> mtcars mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4 Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4 Datsun 710 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1 Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1 Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2 Valiant 18.1 6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1 Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4 Merc 240D 24.4 4 146.7 62 3.69 3.190 20.00 1 0 4 2 Merc 230 22.8 4 140.8 95 3.92 3.150 22.90 1 0 4 2 Merc 280 19.2 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4 Merc 280C 17.8 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90 1 0 4 4 Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3 Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3 Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3 Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4 Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4 Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4 Fiat 128 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1 Honda Civic 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2 Toyota Corolla 33.9 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1 Toyota Corona 21.5 4 120.1 97 3.70 2.465 20.01 1 0 3 1 Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2 AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2 Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4 Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2 Fiat X1-9 27.3 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1 Porsche 914-2 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2 Lotus Europa 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2 Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4 Ferrari Dino 19.7 6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50 0 1 5 6 Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8 Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2
经典的鸢尾花数据集，包括花萼长度，花萼宽度，花瓣长度，花瓣宽度，品种 五个属性
共有150条记录。
> iris Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa 7 4.6 3.4 1.4 0.3 setosa 8 5.0 3.4 1.5 0.2 setosa 9 4.4 2.9 1.4 0.2 setosa 10 4.9 3.1 1.5 0.1 setosa 11 5.4 3.7 1.5 0.2 setosa 12 4.8 3.4 1.6 0.2 setosa 13 4.8 3.0 1.4 0.1 setosa 14 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.1 setosa 15 5.8 4.0 1.2 0.2 setosa 16 5.7 4.4 1.5 0.4 setosa 17 5.4 3.9 1.3 0.4 setosa 18 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.3 setosa 19 5.7 3.8 1.7 0.3 setosa 20 5.1 3.8 1.5 0.3 setosa 21 5.4 3.4 1.7 0.2 setosa 22 5.1 3.7 1.5 0.4 setosa 23 4.6 3.6 1.0 0.2 setosa 24 5.1 3.3 1.7 0.5 setosa 25 4.8 3.4 1.9 0.2 setosa 26 5.0 3.0 1.6 0.2 setosa 27 5.0 3.4 1.6 0.4 setosa 28 5.2 3.5 1.5 0.2 setosa 29 5.2 3.4 1.4 0.2 setosa 30 4.7 3.2 1.6 0.2 setosa 31 4.8 3.1 1.6 0.2 setosa 32 5.4 3.4 1.5 0.4 setosa 33 5.2 4.1 1.5 0.1 setosa 34 5.5 4.2 1.4 0.2 setosa 35 4.9 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 36 5.0 3.2 1.2 0.2 setosa 37 5.5 3.5 1.3 0.2 setosa 38 4.9 3.6 1.4 0.1 setosa 39 4.4 3.0 1.3 0.2 setosa 40 5.1 3.4 1.5 0.2 setosa 41 5.0 3.5 1.3 0.3 setosa 42 4.5 2.3 1.3 0.3 setosa 43 4.4 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 44 5.0 3.5 1.6 0.6 setosa 45 5.1 3.8 1.9 0.4 setosa 46 4.8 3.0 1.4 0.3 setosa 47 5.1 3.8 1.6 0.2 setosa 48 4.6 3.2 1.4 0.2 setosa 49 5.3 3.7 1.5 0.2 setosa 50 5.0 3.3 1.4 0.2 setosa 51 7.0 3.2 4.7 1.4 versicolor 52 6.4 3.2 4.5 1.5 versicolor 53 6.9 3.1 4.9 1.5 versicolor 54 5.5 2.3 4.0 1.3 versicolor 55 6.5 2.8 4.6 1.5 versicolor 56 5.7 2.8 4.5 1.3 versicolor 57 6.3 3.3 4.7 1.6 versicolor 58 4.9 2.4 3.3 1.0 versicolor 59 6.6 2.9 4.6 1.3 versicolor 60 5.2 2.7 3.9 1.4 versicolor 61 5.0 2.0 3.5 1.0 versicolor 62 5.9 3.0 4.2 1.5 versicolor 63 6.0 2.2 4.0 1.0 versicolor 64 6.1 2.9 4.7 1.4 versicolor 65 5.6 2.9 3.6 1.3 versicolor 66 6.7 3.1 4.4 1.4 versicolor 67 5.6 3.0 4.5 1.5 versicolor 68 5.8 2.7 4.1 1.0 versicolor 69 6.2 2.2 4.5 1.5 versicolor 70 5.6 2.5 3.9 1.1 versicolor 71 5.9 3.2 4.8 1.8 versicolor 72 6.1 2.8 4.0 1.3 versicolor 73 6.3 2.5 4.9 1.5 versicolor 74 6.1 2.8 4.7 1.2 versicolor 75 6.4 2.9 4.3 1.3 versicolor 76 6.6 3.0 4.4 1.4 versicolor 77 6.8 2.8 4.8 1.4 versicolor 78 6.7 3.0 5.0 1.7 versicolor 79 6.0 2.9 4.5 1.5 versicolor 80 5.7 2.6 3.5 1.0 versicolor 81 5.5 2.4 3.8 1.1 versicolor 82 5.5 2.4 3.7 1.0 versicolor 83 5.8 2.7 3.9 1.2 versicolor 84 6.0 2.7 5.1 1.6 versicolor 85 5.4 3.0 4.5 1.5 versicolor 86 6.0 3.4 4.5 1.6 versicolor 87 6.7 3.1 4.7 1.5 versicolor 88 6.3 2.3 4.4 1.3 versicolor 89 5.6 3.0 4.1 1.3 versicolor 90 5.5 2.5 4.0 1.3 versicolor 91 5.5 2.6 4.4 1.2 versicolor 92 6.1 3.0 4.6 1.4 versicolor 93 5.8 2.6 4.0 1.2 versicolor 94 5.0 2.3 3.3 1.0 versicolor 95 5.6 2.7 4.2 1.3 versicolor 96 5.7 3.0 4.2 1.2 versicolor 97 5.7 2.9 4.2 1.3 versicolor 98 6.2 2.9 4.3 1.3 versicolor 99 5.1 2.5 3.0 1.1 versicolor 100 5.7 2.8 4.1 1.3 versicolor 101 6.3 3.3 6.0 2.5 virginica 102 5.8 2.7 5.1 1.9 virginica 103 7.1 3.0 5.9 2.1 virginica 104 6.3 2.9 5.6 1.8 virginica 105 6.5 3.0 5.8 2.2 virginica 106 7.6 3.0 6.6 2.1 virginica 107 4.9 2.5 4.5 1.7 virginica 108 7.3 2.9 6.3 1.8 virginica 109 6.7 2.5 5.8 1.8 virginica 110 7.2 3.6 6.1 2.5 virginica 111 6.5 3.2 5.1 2.0 virginica 112 6.4 2.7 5.3 1.9 virginica 113 6.8 3.0 5.5 2.1 virginica 114 5.7 2.5 5.0 2.0 virginica 115 5.8 2.8 5.1 2.4 virginica 116 6.4 3.2 5.3 2.3 virginica 117 6.5 3.0 5.5 1.8 virginica 118 7.7 3.8 6.7 2.2 virginica 119 7.7 2.6 6.9 2.3 virginica 120 6.0 2.2 5.0 1.5 virginica 121 6.9 3.2 5.7 2.3 virginica 122 5.6 2.8 4.9 2.0 virginica 123 7.7 2.8 6.7 2.0 virginica 124 6.3 2.7 4.9 1.8 virginica 125 6.7 3.3 5.7 2.1 virginica 126 7.2 3.2 6.0 1.8 virginica 127 6.2 2.8 4.8 1.8 virginica 128 6.1 3.0 4.9 1.8 virginica 129 6.4 2.8 5.6 2.1 virginica 130 7.2 3.0 5.8 1.6 virginica 131 7.4 2.8 6.1 1.9 virginica 132 7.9 3.8 6.4 2.0 virginica 133 6.4 2.8 5.6 2.2 virginica 134 6.3 2.8 5.1 1.5 virginica 135 6.1 2.6 5.6 1.4 virginica 136 7.7 3.0 6.1 2.3 virginica 137 6.3 3.4 5.6 2.4 virginica 138 6.4 3.1 5.5 1.8 virginica 139 6.0 3.0 4.8 1.8 virginica 140 6.9 3.1 5.4 2.1 virginica 141 6.7 3.1 5.6 2.4 virginica 142 6.9 3.1 5.1 2.3 virginica 143 5.8 2.7 5.1 1.9 virginica 144 6.8 3.2 5.9 2.3 virginica 145 6.7 3.3 5.7 2.5 virginica 146 6.7 3.0 5.2 2.3 virginica 147 6.3 2.5 5.0 1.9 virginica 148 6.5 3.0 5.2 2.0 virginica 149 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.3 virginica 150 5.9 3.0 5.1 1.8 virginica
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