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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     A version eruptions data of the `Old Faithful' geyser
     in Yellowstone National  Park,  Wyoming. This version
     comes from Azzalini and Bowman (1990) and is of contin-
     uous measurement from August 1 to August 15, 1985.

     Some nocturnal duration measurements were coded as 2, 3
     or 4 minutes, having originally been described as
     `short', `medium' or `long'.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     data(geyser)

_F_o_r_m_a_t_:

     A data frame with 299 observations on 2 variables.

      [,1]      duration       numeric      Eruption time in mins
      [,2]      waiting        numeric      Waiting time to next eruption

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s_:

     Azzalini, A. and Bowman, A.W. (1990) A look at some
     data on the Old Faithful geyser.  Applied Statistics
     39, 357-365.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o_:

     `faithful'

