lines = 'Sample Y_1 Y_2 Y_3 Y_4 Y_bar 1 46.1 44.4 45.3 44.2 45.0 2 46.0 45.4 42.5 44.4 44.6 3 44.3 44.0 45.4 43.9 44.4 4 44.9 43.7 45.2 44.8 44.7 5 43.0 45.3 45.9 43.8 44.5 6 46.0 43.2 44.4 43.7 44.3 7 46.0 44.6 45.4 46.4 45.6 8 46.1 45.5 45.0 45.5 45.5 9 42.8 45.1 44.9 44.3 44.3 10 45.0 46.7 43.0 44.8 44.9 11 45.5 44.5 45.1 47.1 45.6 12 45.8 44.6 44.8 45.1 45.1 13 45.1 45.4 46.0 45.4 45.5 14 44.6 43.8 44.2 43.9 44.1 15 44.8 45.5 45.2 46.2 45.4 16 45.8 44.1 43.3 45.8 44.8 17 44.1 44.8 46.1 45.5 45.1 18 44.5 43.6 45.1 46.9 45.0 19 45.2 43.1 46.3 46.4 45.3 20 45.9 46.8 46.8 45.8 46.3 21 44.0 44.7 46.2 45.4 45.1 22 43.4 44.6 45.4 44.4 44.5 23 43.1 44.6 44.5 45.8 44.5 24 46.6 43.3 45.1 44.2 44.8 25 46.2 44.9 45.3 46.0 45.6 26 42.5 43.4 44.3 42.7 43.2 27 43.4 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.4 28 42.3 42.4 46.6 42.3 43.4 29 41.9 42.9 42.0 42.9 42.4 30 43.2 43.5 42.2 44.7 43.4' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con)