Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Beef consumption in the USA

Keywords:

beef, consumption

Categories:

regression;
social

Description:

The data give the per capita beef consumption in the USA from 1922 to 1941.

There are 20 observations on four variables and the year.

Variables:

Year	The year under consideration.
Beef.Consumption	The beef consumption in pounds per capita
Price	The retail price of beef in cents (cents per pound?), divided by the CPI (with 1935--1939=100).
Income	The disposable income per capita in dollars, divided by the CPI (with 1935--1939=100).
Pork.CoOnsumption	The beef consumption in pounds per capita

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

The data come from Ezekiel, Mordecai and Fox, Karl A. Methods of Correlation and Regression Analysis, New York: John Wiley and sons, page 200.

Notes:

The data for 1933 to 1936 inclusive excludes quantities of beef diverted from normal market channels under emergency Government programs.

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