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\name{warpbreaks}
\docType{data}
\alias{warpbreaks}
\title{The Number of Breaks in Yarn during Weaving}
\description{
  This data set gives the number of warp breaks per loom, where a loom
  corresponds to a fixed length of yarn.
}
\usage{warpbreaks}
\format{
  A data frame with 54 observations on 3 variables.
  \tabular{rlll}{
    \code{[,1]} \tab \code{breaks}  \tab numeric \tab The number of breaks\cr
    \code{[,2]} \tab \code{wool}    \tab factor  \tab The type of wool (A or B)\cr
    \code{[,3]} \tab \code{tension} \tab factor  \tab The level of tension (L, M, H)
  }
  There are measurements on 9 looms for each of the six types of warp
  (\code{AL}, \code{AM}, \code{AH}, \code{BL}, \code{BM}, \code{BH}).
}
\source{
  \bibinfo{R:Tippett:1950}{note}{Page 106}
  \bibshow{R:Tippett:1950}
}
\references{
  \bibshow{R:McNeil:1977, R:Tukey:1977}
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{xtabs}} for ways to display these data as a table.
}
\examples{
require(stats); require(graphics)
summary(warpbreaks)
opar <- par(mfrow = c(1, 2), oma = c(0, 0, 1.1, 0))
plot(breaks ~ tension, data = warpbreaks, col = "lightgray",
     varwidth = TRUE, subset = wool == "A", main = "Wool A")
plot(breaks ~ tension, data = warpbreaks, col = "lightgray",
     varwidth = TRUE, subset = wool == "B", main = "Wool B")
mtext("warpbreaks data", side = 3, outer = TRUE)
par(opar)
summary(fm1 <- lm(breaks ~ wool*tension, data = warpbreaks))
anova(fm1)
}
\keyword{datasets}