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Nuclear Power Station Construction Data

Description:

     The 'nuclear' data frame has 32 rows and 11 columns.

     The data relate to the construction of 32 light water reactor
     (LWR) plants  constructed in the U.S.A in the late 1960's and
     early 1970's.  The data was collected with the aim of predicting
     the cost of construction of further LWR plants.  6 of the power
     plants had partial turnkey guarantees and it is possible that, for
     these plants, some manufacturers' subsidies may be hidden  in the
     quoted capital costs.

Usage:

     nuclear

Format:

     This data frame contains the following columns:


     'cost' The capital cost of construction in millions of dollars
          adjusted to 1976 base.

     'date' The date on which the construction permit was issued.  The
          data are measured in years since January 1 1990 to the
          nearest month.

     't1' The time between application for and issue of the
          construction permit.

     't2' The time between issue of operating license and construction
          permit.

     'cap' The net capacity of the power plant (MWe).

     'pr' A binary variable where '1' indicates the prior existence of
          a LWR plant at the same site.

     'ne' A binary variable where '1' indicates that the plant was
          constructed in the  north-east region of the U.S.A.

     'ct' A binary variable where '1' indicates the use of a cooling
          tower in the plant.

     'bw' A binary variable where '1' indicates that the nuclear steam
          supply system was manufactured by Babcock-Wilcox.

     'cum.n' The cumulative number of power plants constructed by each
          architect-engineer.

     'pt' A binary variable where '1' indicates those plants with
          partial turnkey guarantees.

Source:

     The data were obtained from

     Cox, D.R. and Snell, E.J. (1981)  _Applied Statistics: Principles
     and Examples_. Chapman and Hall.

References:

     Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997)  _Bootstrap Methods and
     Their Application_. Cambridge University Press.

