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Boston Housing Data (Regression)
Description
housing values in suburbs of Boston.
crim: per capita crime rate by town.
zn: proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000 sq.ft.
indus: proportion of non-retail business acres per town
chas: Charles River dummy variable (= 1 if tract bounds)
nox: nitric oxides concentration (parts per 10 million)
rm: average number of rooms per dwelling
age: proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940
dis: weighted distances to five Boston employment centres
rad: index of accessibility to radial highways
tax: full-value property-tax rate per $10,000
ptratio: pupil-teacher ratio by town
black: 1000(Bk - 0.63)^2 where Bk is the proportion of blacks by town
lstat: percentage of lower status of the population
medv: Median value of owner-occupied homes in $1000's
Usage
data(Boston)
Format
Regression Dataset.
Source
This dataset was obtained from the MASS library.
References
Creator: Harrison, D. and Rubinfeld, D.L. Hedonic prices and the demand for clean air, J. Environ. Economics & Management, vol.5, 81-102, 1978.
Examples
data(Boston)
head(Boston)