pollution: Pollution Data from McDonald and Schwing
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The total age adjusted mortality rate, our response variable, for the years 1959-1961. The data from the U.S. covers 201 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA).

1	data("pollution")

A data frame with 60 observations on the following 16 variables.

PREC: Average annual precipitation in inches
JANT: Average January temperature in degrees F
JULT: Average January temperature in degrees F
OVR65: Percent of 1960 SMSA population aged 65 or older
POPN: Average household size
EDUC: Median school years completed by those over 22
HOUS: Percent of housing units which are sound and with all facilities
DENS: Population per sq. mile in urbanized areas, 1960
NONW: Percent non-white population in urbanized areas, 1960
WWDRK: Percent employed in white collar occupations
POOR: Percent of families with income less than 3000 USD
HC: Relative hydrocarbon pollution potential
NOX: Relative nitric oxides pollution potential
SOx: Relative sulphur pollution potential
HUMID: Annual average percent relative humidity at 1pm
MORT: Total age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000

1973 Technometrics paper by McDonald and Schwing

1 2	data(pollution) str(pollution)

'data.frame':	60 obs. of  16 variables:
 $ PREC : num  36 35 44 47 43 53 43 45 36 36 ...
 $ JANT : num  27 23 29 45 35 45 30 30 24 27 ...
 $ JULT : num  71 72 74 79 77 80 74 73 70 72 ...
 $ OVR65: num  8.1 11.1 10.4 6.5 7.6 7.7 10.9 9.3 9 9.5 ...
 $ POPN : num  3.34 3.14 3.21 3.41 3.44 3.45 3.23 3.29 3.31 3.36 ...
 $ EDUC : num  11.4 11 9.8 11.1 9.6 10.2 12.1 10.6 10.5 10.7 ...
 $ HOUS : num  81.5 78.8 81.6 77.5 84.6 66.8 83.9 86 83.2 79.3 ...
 $ DENS : num  3243 4281 4260 3125 6441 ...
 $ NONW : num  8.8 3.5 0.8 27.1 24.4 38.5 3.5 5.3 8.1 6.7 ...
 $ WWDRK: num  42.6 50.7 39.4 50.2 43.7 43.1 49.2 40.4 42.5 41 ...
 $ POOR : num  11.7 14.4 12.4 20.6 14.3 25.5 11.3 10.5 12.6 13.2 ...
 $ HC   : num  21 8 6 18 43 30 21 6 18 12 ...
 $ NOX  : num  15 10 6 8 38 32 32 4 12 7 ...
 $ SOx  : num  59 39 33 24 206 72 62 4 37 20 ...
 $ HUMID: num  59 57 54 56 55 54 56 56 61 59 ...
 $ MORT : num  922 998 962 982 1071 ...