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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.

Usage

data(Eggs)

Arguments

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)