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data_dictionary: diamonds.txt

description:  
  The data is intended to teach some lessons
  about regression models. The size of a 
  diamond, as well as some categorical 
  descriptors (color and clarity) are listed
  for 308 diamonds, along with their sales
  price.
  
additional_description:  
  http://jse.amstat.org/v9n2/4C.txt

repository:
  Journal of Statistics Education Data Archive

repository_url:
  https://jse.amstat.org/jse_data_archive.htm
  
download_url:  
  http://jse.amstat.org/v9n2/4Cdata.txt
  
source: 
  Singapore's Business Times, 2000-02-18.

copyright:  
  The general policy of the Journal of Statistics 
  Education is that the author of journal articles
  maintain copyright over their materials, which
  would include the dataset listed here. You should
  be able to use this data for individual 
  educational purposes under the Fair Use
  guidelines of U.S. copyright law.

format: 
  space-delimited
  
varnames: 
  Not included
  
missing_value_code: none needed

size: 
  rows: 308
  columns: 5

vars:
  Carat:
    label: Weight of diamond stones
    unit: carats
    columns: 1-4
    
  Colour:
    label: Color of the diamond
    values: D, E, F, G, H or I
    columns: 6
    
  Clarity:
    values: IF, VVS1, VVS2, VS1 or VS2
    columns: 8-11
    
  Certification:
    values: GIA, IGI or HRD
    columns: 13-15
    
  Price:
    unit: Singapore dollars
---