Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Cosmetic company use of polythene

Keywords:

Categories:

finance;
generalized linear model

Description:

The data give the usage in tonnes of poythene as a packaging materials for 23 UK cosmetic companies (year unknown).

There are 23 observations on three variables.

Variables:

Company	The UK cosmetic company identifier: the numbers 1 to 23
Polythene	The amount of polythene used (in tonnes) for packaging
Turnover	The annual company turnover (in £100,000s)

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Gilchirst, Robert (2000). Regression models for data with a non-zero probability of a zero response, in Communications in Statistics—Theory and Methods, 29, 1987–2003

Notes:

• The data have been scaled for confidentiality reasons.
• Some companies use exactly zero polythene, which requires special methods (like Tweedie glms)

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