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Descriptions of the data files

In this file, the data files used in the additional cases are described.
Included are the names of the files, a list of the variables in the file, the source of
the data, and a printout of the first five observations in the file. The latter is included
so that the reader can see the layout of the file, making it easier to input the data into a
statistical package. We have not included a data source when the data were generally
available in newspapers (e.g., stock prices). Missing values are represented by M in all
data files.
The files can be accessed from the World Wide Web (WWW) using a WWW
browser (e.g., Netscape) at the URL address
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/SOR/Casebook
This will provide a short description of the information available. This also pro-
vides access to an archive of new cases (in Postscript format) and updated information
concerning the cases in the book.
The data files are written in plain ASCII (character) text, so it should be possible
to import them into virtually any statistical, database management, or spreadsheet
package.
It is possible that, for some of the cases, results using these data sets will differ
slightly from those in the cases. The reason for this is that non–integer values are not
necessarily provided to the full level of machine arithmetic in the data sets.

File name
bsal.dat
Description of data
Salaries of major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists for
the 1994 season.
Variables in file
(1) Player’s name.
(2) Salary of the player (millions of dollars) (called SALARY in the case).
(3) League the player’s team plays in (American or National).
Data source
The Nando X Baseball server on the World Wide Web (WWW). The URL address is
http://www.nando.net/newsroom/baseball/strike/make.html.

First five observations


Cal Ripken Jr. 5665822 American
Rafael Palmeiro 5469479 American
Mike Devereaux 3375000 American
dl-Sid Fernandez 3333333 American
Brady Anderson 3083333 American

c 1996, Samprit Chatterjee, Mark S. Handcock and Jeffrey S. Simonoff 1


2 Descriptions of the data files

File name
aidschl.dat
Description of data
Distribution of New York State aid to Nassau County school districts.
Variables in file
(1) School district (called DISTRICT in the case).
(2) Average state aid per student, 1994–1995 (called AID94PS in the case).
(3) Percentage change in state aid, 1988 to 1994 (called CHANGEAID in the case).
(4) Proportion of white students, 1992–1993 (called PROPWHITE in the case).
(5) Average class size, 9th grade English 1990–1991 (called SIZENG90 in the case).
(6) Average class size, elementary 1990–1991.
Data source
Newsday, September 4, 1994
First five observations
Baldwin 2171.18055 -20.87098 0.761915 19.2 22.1
Bellmore 1813.78526 -33.18658 0.960000 M 18.6
Bellmore - Merrick 2522.39673 -20.94512 0.949851 23.1 M
Bethpage 1454.13862 -26.71606 0.934959 18.6 20.0
Carle Place 1003.18138 -25.35590 0.884642 16.6 21.7

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