longley2 {RXshrink}R Documentation

Art Hoerl's update of the infamous Longley(1967) benchmark dataset

Description

Data from the "Employment and Training Report of the President, 1976" compiled by Art Hoerl, University of Delaware. Some slightly different numerical values than those used by Longley(1967) ...plus the added years of 1963-1975. Longley(1967) used only data from the 16 years of 1947 through 1962.

Usage

data(longley2)

Format

A data frame of 7 variables collected for 29 consecutive years; no NAs.

GNP.deflator
GNP price deflation index.
Unemployed
Unemployment percentage.
Armed.Forces
Size of the Armed Forces.
Population
Total U.S. Population.
Year
1947 to 1975.
Employed
employment.
GNP
Gross National Product.

References

Longley JW. An appraisal of least-squares programs from the point of view of the user. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 1967; 62: 819-841.


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