R: B.1 Arrival times at an intensive care unit

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## B.1 Arrival times at an intensive care unit

### Description

Arrival time on a 24-hour clock of 254 patients at an intensive care unit, over a period of about 12 months.

### Usage

    data(fisherB1)
    data(fisherB1c)

### Format

`fisherB1` is a vector of 254 observations (in the format hours.minutes). `fisherB1c` contains the same observations in a circular objects (minutes are expressed as decimals).

### Source

Cox, D.R. and Lewis, P.A.W. (1966) The Statistical Analysis of Series of Events. London : Methuen & CO. Ltd. pp. 254-255

### See Also

N.I. Fisher (1993) Statistical analysis of circular data. Cambridge University Press. Pag. 239.

### Examples

    data(fisherB1c)
    par(mfcol=c(1,2))
    plot(fisherB1c, main="Clock 24", shrink=1.5)
    plot(fisherB1c, template="clock12", main="Clock 12", shrink=1.5)

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