R/retail.sales-data.R

In BaM: Functions and Datasets for "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach"

#' retail.sales
#'
#' @description Retail sales from 1979 through 1989 based on data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Survey of Current Business, see page 439
#'
#' The variables included in the dataset are:
#' \itemize{
#' \item\code{TIME} the economic quarter specified, starting from the first quarter of 1979 where j=1 to the fourth quarter of 1989 where j=44
#' \item\code{DSB} national income wage and salary disbursements (in billions of dollars)
#' \item\code{EMP} employees on non-agricultural payrolls (in thosuands)
#' \item\code{BDG} building material dealer sales (in millions of dollars)
#' \item\code{CAR} retail automotive dealer sales (in millions of dollars)
#' \item\code{FRN} home furnishings dealer sales (in millions of dollars)
#' \item\code{GMR} general merchandise dealer sales (in millions of dollars)
#' }
#'  
#' @usage data(retail.sales)
#' @format data frame with 44 observations of statistics for different economic quarters with 7 explanatory variables
#' @source U.S. Department of Commerce data from first quarter of 1979 to fourth quarter of 1989
#' @name retail.sales
#' @docType data
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