delhiwheat: Price of Wheat in Delhi, 1763-1836
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Description
Price of wheat in Delhi 1763-1836. This series was notoriously and spuriously related to sunspots (Wolf's numbers) by William S. Jevons in his last published paper. Jevons theorized that sunspots were related to commercial cycles and crises due to similarity in cycles of these time series.
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Format
A data frame with 74 rows and 4 columns.
name type description
year "integer" Year
price "integer" Price in rupees per 1,000 seers of wheat in Delhi
maximum "logical" Indicator marking a price maxima in a cycle
crisis "logical" Commercial crisis
Source
Jevons, W. Stanley. 1879. "Sun-Spots and Commercial Crises." Nature. doi:10.1038/019588a0.
References
Stigler, Stephen M. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom
Jevons, W. Stanley. 1882. "The Solar-Commercial Cycle." Nature. doi:10.1038/026226a0.
See Also
nonsense for another example of spurious correlations.
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Description Usage Format Source References See Also
Description
Price of wheat in Delhi 1763-1836. This series was notoriously and spuriously related to sunspots (Wolf's numbers) by William S. Jevons in his last published paper. Jevons theorized that sunspots were related to commercial cycles and crises due to similarity in cycles of these time series.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 74 rows and 4 columns.
| name | type | description |
year | "integer" | Year |
price | "integer" | Price in rupees per 1,000 seers of wheat in Delhi |
maximum | "logical" | Indicator marking a price maxima in a cycle |
crisis | "logical" | Commercial crisis |
Source
Jevons, W. Stanley. 1879. "Sun-Spots and Commercial Crises." Nature. doi:10.1038/019588a0.
References
Stigler, Stephen M. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom
Jevons, W. Stanley. 1882. "The Solar-Commercial Cycle." Nature. doi:10.1038/026226a0.
See Also
nonsense for another example of spurious correlations.
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