R: An introductory regression exercise

In this example, we will complete a linear regression in R using mtcars, one of the built-in R datasets.

1. help or ?
First, let us get acquainted with the mtcars dataset.
To do so, we look at the package description. We can do this by either using ‘?mtcars’ or ‘help(mtcars)’.
Note: this will print in the Help window, and has been pasted in to the Notebook for completeness.

help(mtcars)

mtcars {datasets}
R Documentation
Motor Trend Car Road Tests
Description

The data was extracted from the 1974 Motor Trend US magazine, and comprises fuel consumption and 10 aspects of automobile design and performance for 32 automobiles (1973–74 models).

Usage

mtcars
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