Eggs: Retail Sales of Eggs
Description
The Eggs
data set has 105 observations and 10 variables.
The data contains information on weekly sales of eggs in Southern California
over a two year period.
Format
This data set contains the following variables:
- Week
-
The observation week (1 to 105). This variable can be used as a time
trend.
- Month
-
A factor that gives the name of the month in which the observation
occured.
- First.Week
-
A factor indicating whether the observation fell on the first week of the
month with levels:
No
Yes
- Easter
-
A factor that indicates whether the observation fell the week prior to the
week containing Easter Sunday, the week containing Easter Sunday, the week
following the week containing Easter Sunday, or a non-Easter week with
levels:
Non Easter
Pre Easter
Easter
Post Easter
- Cases
-
Retail sales of eggs in cases.
- Egg.Pr
-
Average retail egg price in cents per dozen.
- Beef.Pr
-
Average retail price of 7-bone beef roast in cents per pound.
- Pork.Pr
-
Average retail price of strip bacon in cents per pound.
- Chicken.Pr
-
Average retail price of whole frying chicken in cents per pound.
- Cereal.Pr
-
Average retail price of Cheerios breakfast cereal in cents per pound.
Source
Putler (1992)