Hi Ming, In fact, the notation lb/1000 is correct, as the values represent the weight of the cars in pounds (lb) divided by 1000. I am not sure why this particular transformation of the measured values was used, but I'm sure it has caused confusion previously.
Jim On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Ming-Lun Ho <ming...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I used "?mtcars" to read the documentation for the dataset. I found a > mistake in how unit is listed, namely, that for the variable "wt," the unit > should be listed as "1000 lb," not "lb/1000." However, I don't know whom to > contact exactly for the correction. Please point me to the right place. > Thanks. > --Ming > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.