Dataset: short_parallaxsun.csv

Sources: James Short (1763). "Second Paper Concerning the Parallax of the
Sun Determined from the Observarions of the Late Transit of Venus, in
Which This Subject is Treated of More at Length, and the Quantity of the
Parallax More Fully Ascertained," 
Philosophical Transactions,
Vol. 53, pp. 300-345   (Tables on pp. 310, 316, 325).

Stephen M. Stigler (1977). "Do Robust Estimators Work With Real Data?,"
The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 5, #6, pp. 1055-1098.

Description: 158 Measurements of the parallax of the sun (eeconds of a degree). 
The "true value" is 8.798

Variables/Names
Table Page   (tablepage)
Data Column   (datacoumn)
Parallax of Sun measurement  (prlxsun)