% DASL file http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/dealersalesdat.html % Predicting Retail Sales % Reference: U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business % Authorization: free use % Description: % % These data are published monthly in the statistical section of the Survey of % Current Business. % % Number of cases: 44 % % Variable Names: % % 1. TIME: Quarter, from 1st quarter 1979 to 4th quarter 1989 % WASA: National income wage and salary disbursements ($ billions) % EMPL: Employees on payrolls of non-agricultural establishments (thousands) % BLDG: Building material dealer sales ($ millions) % AUTO: Automotive dealer sales ($ millions) % FURN: Furniture and home furnishings dealer sales ($ millions) % GMER: General merchandise dealer sales ($ millions) % % @RELATION relation @ATTRIBUTE 'TIME' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'WASA' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'EMPL' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'BDLG' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'AUTO' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'FURN' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'GMER' numeric @DATA 1,1193.3,87973,9392,42960,9203,30363 2,1217.3,90021,13637,47516,10174,25812 3,1254.4,90120,14392,43888,11078,26026 4,1284.7,91180,13301,40298,12334,38081 5,1319.8,89832,10411,40016,10228,21909 6,1335.1,90668,13057,39073,10394,26615 7,1360.1,89850,13621,40484,11246,27039 8,1411.6,91276,13354,38703,13071,40170 9,1451.7,89964,11056,41919,10954,23641 10,1478.1,91566,14559,45398,11410,30477 11,1512.6,91405,14067,46635,11892,30065 12,1530.6,91691,12286,39970,13204,43805 13,1542.7,89341,9658,41554,10439,24256 14,1563.9,90310,13659,48384,11148,30976 15,1579.8,89324,12351,46041,11556,30579 16,1586.0,89436,12307,46411,13370,45471 17,1610.7,88815,10508,47558,11114,25891 18,1643.5,89920,16287,59342,12043,33050 19,1671.3,90480,16697,57487,13165,33385 20,1715.4,92367,15523,57165,15534,50311 21,1755.8,91637,13540,62200,13002,29177 22,1793.1,94256,19190,74678,14602,36855 23,1819.5,95021,18827,69074,15684,35418 24,1847.7,96547,17215,67030,19088,53126 25,1882.7,95450,13848,70453,15436,30325 26,1939.8,97657,20319,85102,16117,37977 27,1976.0,97985,20403,85142,16782,37028 28,2012.8,99383,19179,71203,20491,54369 29,2044.1,98213,16790,73380,16383,31594 30,2069.8,99850,24400,88139,18180,37617 31,2097.9,99877,24215,92899,19782,36297 32,2128.4,101169,22042,81838,23605,52457 33,2163.2,99922,18182,75122,18483,30718 34,2211.9,102186,22670,90515,19659,41090 35,2265.1,102657,21204,89907,21042,40706 36,2325.0,104522,19746,77163,24203,60491 37,2358.7,103445,16656,84508,20242,34723 38,2405.6,106050,24552,99279,22143,42871 39,2452.2,105963,23775,94556,22870,42072 40,2505.1,107644,22449,87039,27486,64101 41,2560.7,106425,18145,87696,22399,36516 42,2572.9,108741,26344,102934,22412,46782 43,2586.6,108897,25278,102095,22223,47006 44,2612.7,110260,22511,84497,25648,69966