USArrests                package:base                R Documentation

_V_i_o_l_e_n_t _C_r_i_m_e _R_a_t_e_s _b_y _U_S _S_t_a_t_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set contains statistics, in arrests per 100,000
     residents for assault, murder, and rape in each of the 50 US
     states in 1973. Also given is the percent of the population living
     in urban areas.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(USArrests)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 50 observations on 4 variables.

       [,1]  Murder    numeric  Murder arrests (per 100,000)
       [,2]  Assault   numeric  Assault arrests (per 100,000)
       [,3]  UrbanPop  numeric  Percent urban population
       [,4]  Rape      numeric  Rape arrests (per 100,000)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     World Almanac and Book of facts 1975.  (Crime rates).

     Statistical Abstracts of the United States 1975.  (Urban rates).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     McNeil, D. R. (1977) _Interactive Data Analysis_. New York: Wiley.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     The 'state' data sets.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(USArrests)
     pairs(USArrests, panel = panel.smooth, main = "USArrests data")

