Winning Speeds at the Kentucky Derby

Description

Data set contains the year of the Kentucky Derby, the winning horse, the condition of the track and the average speed of the winner for years 1896–2000.

Usage

ex0920

Format

A data frame with 105 observations on the following 4 variables.

Year

year of Kentucky Derby

Winner

a character vector with the name of the winning horse

Condition

a factor with levels "fast", "good" and "slow"

Speed

average speed of the winner (feet per second)

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.

References

http://www.kentuckyderby.com

Examples

str(ex0920)