retail.sales

Retail sales from 1979 through 1989 based on data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Survey of Current Business, see page 439
The variables included in the dataset are:<ul>
<li><code>TIME</code> the economic quarter specified, starting from the first quarter of 1979 where j=1 to the fourth quarter of 1989 where j=44</li>
<li><code>DSB</code> national income wage and salary disbursements (in billions of dollars)</li>
<li><code>EMP</code> employees on non-agricultural payrolls (in thosuands)</li>
<li><code>BDG</code> building material dealer sales (in millions of dollars)</li>
<li><code>CAR</code> retail automotive dealer sales (in millions of dollars)</li>
<li><code>FRN</code> home furnishings dealer sales (in millions of dollars)</li>
<li><code>GMR</code> general merchandise dealer sales (in millions of dollars)</li>
</ul>

Functions and datasets for Jeff Gill: "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach". First, Second, and Third Edition. Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC (2002, 2007, 2014) <doi:10.1201/b17888>.

Jeff Gill

Functions and Datasets for "Bayesian Methods: A Social and
Behavioral Sciences Approach"

retail.sales function

data frame with 44 observations of statistics for different economic quarters with 7 explanatory variables

retail.sales: retail.sales

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