Automobile Data from 'Consumer Reports' 1990

The cu.summary data frame has 117 rows and 5 columns, giving data on makes of cars taken from the April, 1990 issue of Consumer Reports.

cu.summary

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Price

a numeric vector giving the list price in US dollars of a standard model

Country

of origin, a factor with levels Brazil, England, France, Germany, Japan, Japan/USA, Korea, Mexico, Sweden and USA

Reliability

an ordered factor with levels Much worse < worse < average < better < Much better

Mileage

fuel consumption miles per US gallon, as tested.

Type

a factor with levels Compact Large Medium Small Sporty Van

Source

Consumer Reports, April, 1990, pp. 235--288 quoted in

John M. Chambers and Trevor J. Hastie eds. (1992) Statistical Models in S, Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA, pp. 46--47.

See also

car.test.frame, car90

Examples

fit <- rpart(Price ~ Mileage + Type + Country, cu.summary)
par(xpd = TRUE)
plot(fit, compress = TRUE)
text(fit, use.n = TRUE)