EX2.CENSUS: CENSUS data for Exercise 5 in Chapter 2

Description Usage Format Details

Description

CENSUS data for Exercise 5 in Chapter 2

Usage

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data("EX2.CENSUS")

Format

A data frame with 3534 observations on the following 41 variables.

ResponseRate

a numeric vector

Area

a numeric vector

Urban

a numeric vector

Suburban

a numeric vector

Rural

a numeric vector

Male

a numeric vector

Female

a numeric vector

AgeLess5

a numeric vector

Age5to17

a numeric vector

Age18to24

a numeric vector

Age25to44

a numeric vector

Age45to64

a numeric vector

Age65plus

a numeric vector

Hispanics

a numeric vector

Whites

a numeric vector

Blacks

a numeric vector

NativeAmericans

a numeric vector

Asians

a numeric vector

Hawaiians

a numeric vector

Other

a numeric vector

RelatedHH

a numeric vector

MarriedHH

a numeric vector

NoSpouseHH

a numeric vector

FemaleHH

a numeric vector

AloneHH

a numeric vector

WithKidHH

a numeric vector

MedianHHIncomeBlock

a numeric vector

MedianHHIncomeCity

a numeric vector

OccupiedUnits

a numeric vector

VacantUnits

a numeric vector

RentingHH

a numeric vector

HomeownerHH

a numeric vector

MobileHomeUnits

a numeric vector

CrowdedUnits

a numeric vector

NoPhoneUnits

a numeric vector

NoPlumbingUnits

a numeric vector

NewUnits

a numeric vector

Population

a numeric vector

NumHH

a numeric vector

NumUnits

a numeric vector

logMedianHouseValue

a numeric vector

Details

See CENSUS for variable descriptions (this data is nearly identical). The goal is to predict ResponseRate from the other predictors. ResponseRate is the percentage of households in a block group that mailed in the census forms. A block group is on average about 40 blocks, each typically bounded by streets, roads, or water. The number of block groups per county in the US is typically between about 5 and 165 with a median of about 20.


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