A Simple Dataset for Demonstrating Common Distributions

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This dataset contains the time of birth, sex, and birth weight for 44 babies born in one 24-hour period at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia. The data can be used for studying some common distributions like the normal, binomial, geometric, Poisson, and exponential.

Resource Type	Dataset (DCMI Type Vocabulary) Reference Material (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Format	Other
Audience	College --Undergrad Upper Division College --Undergrad Lower Division High School
Source	Journal of Statistics Education
Email Address	dunn@usq.edu.au
Date Of Record Creation	2005-07-26 12:03:16
Date Of Record Release	2005-07-26 12:03:16
Date Last Modified	2006-06-20 17:06:43
Statistical Topic	Probability -- Univariate Distributions
Material Type	Datasets
Author's Name	Peter K. Dunn
Author's Organization	University of Southern Queensland
Source Code Available	No
Intended User Role	Teacher
Application Area	Health Science
Copyrights	Yes
Cost involved with use	Free to all
Math Level	Algebra level symbolic math

Date Record Checked: 2005-07-26 00:00:00

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A Simple Dataset for Demonstrating Common Distributions