[R] how to cite R data sets

stephen sefick ssefick at gmail.com
Tue Nov 4 19:16:23 CET 2008


The data sets should be documented...

library(MASS)
?cats

and then the source should tell you how to site it

and specifically

?airquality

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM, dxc13 <dxc13 at health.state.ny.us> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As part of a project I am doing, I am using the "airquality" data set that
> comes built into R as a means of showing an example of how my analysis will
> be carried out.  I know that citation("package") will produce a citation for
> any R package, but is there a proper way to cite this data set?
>
> Thanks,
> ~D
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Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy

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