fuel2001 {alr3}R Documentation

Fuel consumption

Description

Data on motor fuel consumption and related variables, for the year 2001. The unit is a state in the United States or the District of Columbia. Data are for 2001, unless noted.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Drivers
Number of Licensed drivers in the state
FuelC
Gasoline sold for road use (1000s of gal.)
Income
Per capita personal income (year 2000)
Miles
Miles of Federal-aid highway miles in the state
MPC
Estimated miles driven per capita
Pop
Population age 16 and over
Tax
Gasoline state tax rate, cents per gallon
State
State name

Source

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hs01/index.htm

References

Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, third edition. New York: Wiley.

Examples

data(fuel2001)
fuel2001$Dlic <- 1000*fuel2001$Drivers/fuel2001$Pop
fuel2001$Fuel <- 1000*fuel2001$FuelC/fuel2001$Pop
fuel2001$Income <- fuel2001$Income/1000
fuel2001$logMiles <- log(fuel2001$Miles,2)
pairs(Fuel~Tax+Dlic+Income+logMiles,data=fuel2001)

[Package alr3 version 1.1.12 Index]