Fisher's Irises

Fisher's Irises

Data was taken from The Data and Story Library. For further information about the data, see The Data and Story Library Web Page

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Reference: Fisher, R. A. (1936). The Use of Multiple Measurements in Axonomic Problems. Annals of Eugenics 7, 179-188.

Description: This is a dataset made famous by Fisher, who used it to illustrate principles of discriminant analysis. It contains 6 variables with 150 observations.

Number of cases: 150

Variable Names:

Species_No: Flower species as a code
Species_Name: Species name
Petal_Width: Petal Width
Petal_Length: Petal Length
Sepal_Width: Sepal Width
Sepal_Length: Sepal Length

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Species	Species	Petal	Petal	Sepal	Sepal
No.	name	width	length	legth	width

1	I. Setosa	2	14	33	50
3	I. Verginica	24	56	31	67
3	I. Verginica	23	51	31	69
1	I. Setosa	2	10	36	46
3	I. Verginica	20	52	30	65
3	I. Verginica	19	51	27	58
2	I. Versicolor	13	45	28	57
2	I. Versicolor	16	47	33	63
3	I. Verginica	17	45	25	49
2	I. Versicolor	14	47	32	70
1	I. Setosa	2	16	31	48
3	I. Verginica	19	50	25	63
1	I. Setosa	1	14	36	49
1	I. Setosa	2	13	32	44
2	I. Versicolor	12	40	26	58
3	I. Verginica	18	49	27	63
2	I. Versicolor	10	33	23	50
1	I. Setosa	2	16	38	51
1	I. Setosa	2	16	30	50
3	I. Verginica	21	56	28	64
1	I. Setosa	4	19	38	51
1	I. Setosa	2	14	30	49
2	I. Versicolor	10	41	27	58
2	I. Versicolor	15	45	29	60
1	I. Setosa	2	14	36	50
3	I. Verginica	19	51	27	58
1	I. Setosa	4	15	34	54
3	I. Verginica	18	55	31	64
2	I. Versicolor	10	33	24	49
1	I. Setosa	2	14	42	55
3	I. Verginica	15	50	22	60
2	I. Versicolor	14	39	27	52
1	I. Setosa	2	14	29	44
2	I. Versicolor	12	39	27	58
3	I. Verginica	23	57	32	69
2	I. Versicolor	15	42	30	59
3	I. Verginica	20	49	28	56
3	I. Verginica	18	58	25	67
2	I. Versicolor	13	44	23	63
2	I. Versicolor	15	49	25	63
2	I. Versicolor	11	30	25	51
3	I. Verginica	21	54	31	69
3	I. Verginica	25	61	36	72
2	I. Versicolor	13	36	29	56
3	I. Verginica	21	55	30	68
1	I. Setosa	1	14	30	48
1	I. Setosa	3	17	38	57
2	I. Versicolor	14	44	30	66
1	I. Setosa	4	15	37	51
2	I. Versicolor	17	50	30	67
3	I. Verginica	22	56	28	64
3	I. Verginica	15	51	28	63
2	I. Versicolor	15	45	22	62
2	I. Versicolor	14	46	30	61
2	I. Versicolor	11	39	25	56
3	I. Verginica	23	59	32	68
3	I. Verginica	23	54	34	62
3	I. Verginica	25	57	33	67
1	I. Setosa	2	13	35	55
2	I. Versicolor	15	45	32	64
3	I. Verginica	18	51	30	59
3	I. Verginica	23	53	32	64
2	I. Versicolor	15	45	30	54
3	I. Verginica	21	57	33	67
1	I. Setosa	2	13	30	44
1	I. Setosa	2	16	32	47
3	I. Verginica	18	60	32	72
3	I. Verginica	18	49	30	61
1	I. Setosa	2	12	32	50
1	I. Setosa	1	11	30	43
2	I. Versicolor	14	44	31	67
1	I. Setosa	2	14	35	51
1	I. Setosa	4	16	34	50
2	I. Versicolor	10	35	26	57
3	I. Verginica	23	61	30	77
2	I. Versicolor	13	42	26	57
1	I. Setosa	1	15	41	52
3	I. Verginica	18	48	30	60
2	I. Versicolor	13	42	27	56
1	I. Setosa	2	15	31	49
1	I. Setosa	4	17	39	54

Species	Species	Petal	Petal	Sepal	Sepal
No.	name	width	length	legth	width

2	I. Versicolor	16	45	34	60
2	I. Versicolor	10	35	20	50
1	I. Setosa	2	13	32	47
2	I. Versicolor	13	54	29	62
1	I. Setosa	2	15	34	51
2	I. Versicolor	10	50	22	60
1	I. Setosa	1	15	31	49
1	I. Setosa	2	15	37	54
2	I. Versicolor	12	47	28	61
2	I. Versicolor	13	41	28	57
1	I. Setosa	4	13	39	54
3	I. Verginica	20	51	32	65
2	I. Versicolor	15	49	31	69
2	I. Versicolor	13	40	25	55
1	I. Setosa	3	13	23	45
1	I. Setosa	3	15	38	51
2	I. Versicolor	14	48	28	68
1	I. Setosa	2	15	35	52
3	I. Verginica	25	60	33	63
2	I. Versicolor	15	46	28	65
1	I. Setosa	3	14	34	46
2	I. Versicolor	18	48	32	59
2	I. Versicolor	16	51	27	60
3	I. Verginica	18	55	30	65
1	I. Setosa	5	17	33	51
3	I. Verginica	22	67	38	77
3	I. Verginica	21	66	30	76
3	I. Verginica	13	52	30	67
2	I. Versicolor	13	40	28	61
2	I. Versicolor	11	38	24	55
1	I. Setosa	2	14	34	52
3	I. Verginica	20	64	38	79
1	I. Setosa	6	16	35	50
3	I. Verginica	20	67	28	77
2	I. Versicolor	12	44	26	55
1	I. Setosa	3	14	30	48
1	I. Setosa	2	19	34	48
3	I. Verginica	14	56	26	61
1	I. Setosa	2	12	40	58
3	I. Verginica	18	48	28	62
2	I. Versicolor	15	45	30	56
1	I. Setosa	2	14	32	46
1	I. Setosa	4	15	44	57
3	I. Verginica	24	56	34	63
3	I. Verginica	16	58	30	72
3	I. Verginica	21	59	30	71
3	I. Verginica	18	56	29	63
2	I. Versicolor	12	42	30	57
3	I. Verginica	23	69	26	77
2	I. Versicolor	13	56	29	66
1	I. Setosa	2	15	34	52
2	I. Versicolor	10	37	24	55
1	I. Setosa	2	15	31	46
3	I. Verginica	19	61	28	74
1	I. Setosa	3	13	35	50
3	I. Verginica	18	63	29	73
2	I. Versicolor	15	47	31	67
2	I. Versicolor	13	41	30	56
2	I. Versicolor	13	43	29	64
3	I. Verginica	22	58	30	65
1	I. Setosa	3	14	35	51
2	I. Versicolor	14	47	29	61
3	I. Verginica	19	53	27	64
1	I. Setosa	2	16	34	48
3	I. Verginica	20	50	25	57
2	I. Versicolor	13	40	23	55
1	I. Setosa	2	17	34	54
3	I. Verginica	24	51	28	58
1	I. Setosa	2	15	37	53