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CEO salaries

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Keywords:
salary, age
Categories:
regression;
finance
Description:
The age and salary of the chief executive officers (CEOs) of small companies were determined. Small companies were defined as those with annual sales greater than five and less than $350 million. Companies were ranked according to 5-year average return on investment. This data covers the first 60 ranked firms.

There are 60 observations on two variables.

Variables:
Age The age of the CEO in years.
Salary The salary of chief executive officer (including bonuses) in thousands of dollars.
Data Quality:
There is one missing values; the salary for the 30th observation is missing and is coded as NA.
Source:
The Data and Story Library, DASL, originally from Forbes, November 8, 1993, "America's Best Small Companies".
Notes:
The regression is not significant.
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