census.mix: Census Mixed Symbolic Dataset

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Census Mixed Symbolic Dataset

Description

Mixed symbolic dataset of 10 census regions combining 6 different symbolic variable types: histograms (age, home value), distributions (gender, tenure), a multi-valued set (fuel), and an interval (income).

Usage

data(census.mix)

Format

A symbolic data frame (symbolic_tbl) with 10 observations (regions) and 6 variables:

• age: Histogram-valued age distribution (12 age bins).

• home_value: Histogram-valued home value distribution (7 value bins, in $1000s).

• gender: Distribution over gender (male, female).

• fuel: Multi-valued set of fuel types used.

• tenure: Distribution over housing tenure (owner, renter, vacant).

• income: Interval-valued household income range ($1000s).

Row names are Region_1 through Region_10.

Metadata

Sample size (n)	10
Variables (p)	6
Subject area	Demographics
Symbolic format	Mixed (interval, histogram, distribution, multi-valued)
Analytical tasks	Clustering

Source

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020), Table 7-23.

References

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020). Clustering Methodology for Symbolic Data. Wiley, Chichester. Table 7-23.

Examples

data(census.mix)

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