Record Times in Scottish Hill Races

SUMMARY:

The record times in 1984 for 35 Scottish hill races.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

The components are:

ARGUMENTS:

dist
distance in miles (on the map)
climb
total height gained during the route, in feet.
time
record time in minutes.

SOURCE:

A.C. Atkinson (1986) Comment: Aspects of diagnostic regression analysis. Statistical Science 1, 397-402.

[A.C. Atkinson (1988) Transformations unmasked. Technometrics 30, 311-318
"corrects" the time for Knock Hill from 78.65 to 18.65. It is unclear if this based on the original records.]