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Applied Statistics Using SPSS, STATISTICA, MATLAB and R

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Appendix E - Datasets 483<br />

Source: Warren Jr WH, US Naval Observatory Pleiades Catalog, 1969.<br />

Praesepe (positions of Praesepe stars measured by Gould BA <strong>and</strong> Hall A).<br />

Variables:<br />

Gah Right Ascension (h) measured by Gould<br />

Gam Right Ascension (min) measured by Gould<br />

Gas Right Ascension (s) measured by Gould<br />

Hah Right Ascension (h) measured by Hall<br />

Ham Right Ascension (min) measured by Hall<br />

Has Right Ascension (s) measured by Hall<br />

Gdh Declination (deg) measured by Gould<br />

Gdm Declination (min) measured by Gould<br />

Gds Declination (s) measured by Gould<br />

Hdh Declination (deg) measured by Hall<br />

Hdm Declination (min) measured by Hall<br />

Hds Declination (s) measured by Hall<br />

Gphi Longitude according to Gould<br />

Gtheta Latitude according to Gould<br />

Hphi Longitude according to Hall<br />

Htheta Latitude according to Hall<br />

Source: Chase EHS, The Astronomical Journal, 1889.<br />

E.28 Stock Exchange<br />

The Stock Exchange.xls file contains data from daily share values of<br />

Portuguese enterprises listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange Bourse, together with<br />

important economic indicators, during the period of June 1, 1999 through August<br />

31, 2000. The variables are:<br />

Lisbor6M: Bank of Portugal Interest Rate for 6 months.<br />

Euribor6M: European Interest Rate for 6 months.<br />

BVL30: Lisbon Stock Exchange index (“Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa”).<br />

BCP: Banco Comercial Português.<br />

BESC: Banco Espírito Santo.<br />

BRISA: Road construction firm.<br />

CIMPOR: Cement firm.<br />

EDP: Electricity of Portugal Utilities Company.<br />

SONAE: Large trade firm.<br />

PTEL : Portuguese telephones.<br />

CHF: Swiss franc (exchange rate in Euros).<br />

JPY: Japanese yen (exchange rate in Euros).<br />

USD: US dollar (exchange rate in Euros).<br />

Source: Portuguese bank newsletter bulletins.

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