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Prices and Qualitative Characteristics of US-Cars

Description

This is a data set on the prices and qualitative characteristics of US-cars sold in 1979.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 52 observations on the following nine variables:

make	make and model.
price	price (in dollar).
mpgall	mileage (miles per gallon).
headroom	headroom (in inch).
trunk	trunk Space (in cubic foot).
weight	weight (in pound).
length	length (in inch).
turn	turn circle (in foot).
displacement	displacement (in cubic inch).

Details

In Auer et al. (2023, Chap. 13) these data are used to illustrate the selection process of exogenous variables.

Source

This data frame was imported from an SAS dataset provided by York University, CA

References

Originally published in: Chambers, J.M, Cleveland, W.S., Kleiner, B., Tukey, P.A. (1983): Graphical Methods for Data Analysis, Wadsworth International Group, pages 352-355.

Auer, L.v., Hoffmann, S. & Kranz, T. (2023): Ökonometrie - Das R-Arbeitsbuch, 2nd ed., Springer-Gabler (https://www.oekonometrie-lernen.de).

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