Visualizing Soil: Soil Data from a Statistical Graphics Book

Hobart Press compiled this dataset for the book 'Visualizing Data'. It contains 22 data sets used as examples for statistical graphics and data visualization. The data was transformed for use in a tabular data benchmark focused on regression tasks with categorical and numerical features.

Use Cases

• Benchmark regression model performance based on the dataset's inclusion in a tabular data benchmark.
• Analyze relationships between soil properties based on the dataset's original use for data visualization.
• Train models to predict numeric outcomes from mixed categorical and numerical features as suggested by the benchmark description.

Strengths

• The dataset is part of a published tabular data benchmark, providing a standard for comparison.
• It originates from a published book on data visualization, suggesting curated examples.
• The license is listed as us-pd (U.S. Public Domain), which may allow for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Row count, column count, and sample data are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The original source and collection date are listed as unknown.

Provenance

Source

Hobart Press ([email protected]), from the book 'Visualizing Data'.

Collection Method

Created by data.dump() from S data sets used in the book.