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A macroeconomic data set which provides a well-known example for a highly collinear regression.

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A data frame with 8 economical variables, observed yearly from 1947 to 1962 (n=16).

GNP.deflator

GNP implicit price deflator (1954=100)

GNP

Gross National Product.

Unemployed

number of unemployed.

Armed.Forces

number of people in the armed forces.

Population

‘noninstitutionalized’ population ≥ 14 years of age.

Year

the year (time).

Employed

number of people employed.

The regression lm(Employed ~ .) is known to be highly collinear.

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Source

J. W. Longley (1967) An appraisal of least-squares programs from the point of view of the user. Journal of the American Statistical Association 62, 819–841.

References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

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