{{:r:states.rds}}
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z <- gzcon(url("http://commres.net/wiki/_media/r/states.rds"))
data <- read.RDS(z)
head(data, 8)
> head(data,8)
  X       state  region      pop   area density metro waste energy miles toxic green house
1 1     Alabama   South  4041000  52423   77.08  67.4  1.11    393  10.5 27.86 29.25    30
2 2      Alaska    West   550000 570374    0.96  41.1  0.91    991   7.2 37.41    NA     0
3 3     Arizona    West  3665000 113642   32.25  79.0  0.79    258   9.7 19.65 18.37    13
4 4    Arkansas   South  2351000  52075   45.15  40.1  0.85    330   8.9 24.60 26.04    25
5 5  California    West 29760000 155973  190.80  95.7  1.51    246   8.7  3.26 15.65    50
6 6    Colorado    West  3294000 103730   31.76  81.5  0.73    273   8.3  2.25 21.89    36
7 7 Connecticut N. East  3287000   4845  678.43  92.4  0.88    234   8.0  6.49 14.63    64
8 8    Delaware   South   666000   1955  340.66  66.3  1.13    349   9.8  9.88 21.53    69
  senate csat vsat msat percent expense income high college
1     10  991  476  515       8    3627 27.498 66.9    15.7
2     20  920  439  481      41    8330 48.254 86.6    23.0
3     33  932  442  490      26    4309 32.093 78.7    20.3
4     37 1005  482  523       6    3700 24.643 66.3    13.3
5     47  897  415  482      47    4491 41.716 76.2    23.4
6     58  959  453  506      29    5064 35.123 84.4    27.0
7     87  897  429  468      81    7602 48.618 79.2    27.2
8     83  892  428  464      61    5865 40.641 77.5    21.4

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<code>
> data.info <- data.frame(attributes(data)[c("names", "var.labels")])
> data.info
     names                      var.labels
1    state                           State
2   region             Geographical region
3      pop                 1990 population
4     area         Land area, square miles
5  density          People per square mile
6    metro Metropolitan area population, %
7    waste    Per capita solid waste, tons
8   energy Per capita energy consumed, Btu
9    miles    Per capita miles/year, 1,000
10   toxic Per capita toxics released, lbs
11   green Per capita greenhouse gas, tons
12   house    House '91 environ. voting, %
13  senate   Senate '91 environ. voting, %
14    csat        Mean composite SAT score
15    vsat           Mean verbal SAT score
16    msat             Mean math SAT score
17 percent       % HS graduates taking SAT
18 expense Per pupil expenditures prim&sec
19  income Median household income, $1,000
20    high             % adults HS diploma
21 college         % adults college degree

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