[R] Variable descriptions of a built-in dataset

[Francisco J. Zagmutt]

Or the longer version help(Boston)

Cheers

Francisco

>From: Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: ggrothendieck at gmail.com
>To: Jun Ding <dingjun_cn at yahoo.com>
>CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: [R] Variable descriptions of a built-in dataset
>Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:33:15 -0400
>
>?Boston
>
>On 9/17/05, Jun Ding <dingjun_cn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi, everyone,
> > Is there a way to get the detailed variable
> > descriptions of a built-in dataset?
> >
> > By using
> >  attributes(Boston)
> > I can get the names of each variables of a builtin
> > dataset 'Boston'(in package "MASS"), but I don't know
> > what each variable means. Can some body tell me how I
> > can get more detailed information about each variable?
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Jun
> >
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