Data sets used in the book
Semiparametric Regression
by D. Ruppert, M.P. Wand and R.J. Carroll
may be obtained from the links tabulated below.
Please note that a few of the book's data sets
are not publicly available due to confidentiality agreements.
Documentation is also provided using the R language format.
Non-users of R should ignore the R commands.
Please report errors and provide feedback to Matt Wand (matt.wand@uts.edu.au).
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| Brief description | Section first mentioned | Text file | R documentation |
| Salinity and discharge | Section 1.2 | data | documentation |
| Retirement plan management | Section 1.3 | data | documentation |
| Mercury monitoring | Section 1.4 | data | documentation |
| Term structure | Section 1.5 | data | documentation |
| Air pollution/mortality in Milan | Section 1.6 | data | documentation |
| Electricity use/temperature | Section 2.2 | data | documentation |
| Sausage content | Section 2.2 | data | documentation |
| U.S. temperature/location | Section 2.5 | data | documentation |
| Janka hardness of timber | Section 2.7 | data | documentation |
| Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) | Section 2.7 | data | documentation |
| Fossil shells/ strontium isotopes | Section 3.6 | data | documentation |
| Pig weights | Section 4.2 | data | documentation |
| Age and income | Section 5.3 | data | documentation |
| Onion growth | Section 7.2 | data | documentation |
| Ragweed levels | Section 7.5 | data | documentation |
| Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) | Section 10.2 | data | documentation |
| Trade union membership | Section 3.6 | data | documentation |
| Ethanol experiment | Section 12.4 | data | documentation |
| Scallop abundance | Section 13.1 | data | documentation |