Boston                 package:MASS                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'Boston' data frame has 506 rows and 14 columns.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     Boston

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     '_c_r_i_m' per capita crime rate by town

     '_z_n' proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000
          sq.ft.

     '_i_n_d_u_s' proportion of non-retail business acres per town

     '_c_h_a_s' Charles River dummy variable (= 1 if tract bounds river; 0
          otherwise)

     '_n_o_x' nitrogen oxides concentration (parts per 10 million)

     '_r_m' average number of rooms per dwelling

     '_a_g_e' proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940

     '_d_i_s' weighted mean of distances to five Boston employment centres

     '_r_a_d' index of accessibility to radial highways

     '_t_a_x' full-value property-tax rate per $10,000

     '_p_t_r_a_t_i_o' pupil-teacher ratio by town

     '_b_l_a_c_k' 1000(Bk - 0.63)^2 where Bk is the proportion of blacks by
          town

     '_l_s_t_a_t' lower status of the population (percent)

     '_m_e_d_v' median value of owner-occupied homes in $1000

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Harrison, D. and Rubinfeld, D.L. (1978) Hedonic prices and the
     demand for clean air. _J. Environ. Economics and Management_ *5*,
     81-102.

     Belsley D.A., Kuh, E.  and Welsch, R.E. (1980) _Regression
     Diagnostics. Identifying Influential Data and Sources of
     Collinearity._ New York: Wiley.

