The goal of this study is to predict the manpower requirement as given in the output
variable Hours given the five other input variables.
Data is from Table 3.8 of Myers (1990). See also Examples 3.8, 4.5, 8.8.
Usage
data(manpower)
Format
A data frame with 17 observations. The output variable is Hours and the
inputs are Load, Xray, BedDays, AreaPop and Stay. The site 1 through 17 is indicated
by the row name.
Load
a numeric vector
Xray
a numeric vector
BedDays
a numeric vector
AreaPop
a numeric vector
Stay
a numeric vector
Hours
a numeric vector
Details
This data illustrates the multicollinearity problem and the use of VIF to identify it.
It provides an illustrative example for ridge regression and more modern methods such as lasso
and lars.
Source
Myers (1990) indicates the source was "Procedures and Analysis for Staffing Standards
Development: Data/Regression Analysis Handbook", Navy Manpower and Material Analysis
Center, San Diego, 1979.
References
Myers, R. (1990). Classical and Modern Regression with Applications. The Duxbury Advanced Series in Statistics and Decision Sciences. Boston: PWS-KENT Publishing Company.