NIST StRD Data Archive
Main
Univ Page
Michelso
Dataset
Additional Information

Dataset
Name:

Michelso

Procedure: Univariate Summary Statistics
Certification Method & Definitions

Data: 1 Response Variable (y)
100 Observations
Lower Level of Difficulty
Observed Data

Model: 3 Parameters (mu, sigma, rho1)

y(i) = mu + e(i)


This "real world" dataset is the result of the classic study conducted by Michelson on the speed of light in air in 1879. The response variable is speed of light (in millions of meters per second). The data was included as part of a larger study by Dorsey, Ernest N. (1944) on the velocity of light as reported in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.