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\name{Machines}\alias{Machines}\title{Productivity Scores for Machines and Workers}\description{The \code{Machines} data frame has 54 rows and 3 columns.}\format{This data frame contains the following columns:\describe{\item{Worker}{an ordered factor giving the unique identifier for the worker.}\item{Machine}{a factor with levels\code{A},\code{B}, and\code{C} identifying the machine brand.}\item{score}{a productivity score.}}}\details{Data on an experiment to compare three brands of machines used in anindustrial process are presented in Milliken and Johnson (p. 285,1992). Six workers were chosen randomly among theemployees of a factory to operate each machine three times. Theresponse is an overall productivity score taking into account thenumber and quality of components produced.}\source{Pinheiro, J. C. and Bates, D. M. (2000), \emph{Mixed-Effects Modelsin S and S-PLUS}, Springer, New York. (Appendix A.14)Milliken, G. A. and Johnson, D. E. (1992), \emph{Analysis of Messy Data,Volume I: Designed Experiments}, Chapman and Hall, London.}\examples{str(Machines)}\keyword{datasets}