The decathlon data set has scores on the top 24 men in the decathlon (a set of ten events) at the 2008 Olympics. The scores are the numbers of points each participant received in each event, plus each person's total points.

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Format

A double matrix with 24 observations on the following 11 variables.

X_100meter

Individual point score for 100 Meter event.

LongJump

Individual point score for Long Jump event.

ShotPut

Individual point score for Shot Put event.

HighJump

Individual point score for High Jump event.

X_400meter

Individual point score for 400 Meter event.

Hurdles

Individual point score for 110 Hurdles event.

Discus

Individual point score for Discus event.

PoleVault

Individual point score for Pole Vault event.

Javelin

Individual point score for Javelin event.

X_1500meter

Individual point score for 1500 Meter event.

Total

Individual total point score for events participated in.

Source

NBC's Olympic site