1 July 2019

Iris Data

This famous (Fisher's or Anderson's) iris data set gives the measurements in centimeters of the variables sepal length and width and petal length and width, respectively, for 50 flowers from each of 3 species of iris. The species are Iris setosa, versicolor, and virginica.

Source

Fisher, R. A. (1936) The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems. Annals of Eugenics, 7, Part II, 179–188.

The data were collected by Anderson, Edgar (1935). The irises of the Gaspe Peninsula, Bulletin of the American Iris Society, 59, 2–5.

Concept

You've extensively explored this Iris data set in R.

Wouldn't you like to share your love of this data set with other people who don't have R installed on their system?

Plotly and Shiny

Using Shiny and Plotly, you can deliver to your audience a beautiful 3D plot of iris data, Your users can pick which of Sepal Length, Sepal Width, Petal Length, and Petal Width to plot, and produce plots like this:

Try it today!