Table 25 Data type and description of dependent and independent variables for Boston housing data
From: Gradient Boosting for Spatial Regression Models with Autoregressive Disturbances
Variable | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
CMEDV | Numeric | Corrected median values of owner-occupied housing in USD 1000 |
CRIM | Numeric | Per capita crime rate by town |
ZN | Numeric | Proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25000 sq. ft per town |
INDUS | Numeric | Proportion of non-retail business acres per town |
NOX | Numeric | Nitric oxides concentration (parts per 10 million) per town |
RM | Numeric | Average number of rooms per dwelling |
AGE | Numeric | Proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940 |
DIS | Numeric | Weighted distances to five Boston employment centres |
RAD | Numeric | Index of accessibility to radial highways per town |
TAX | Numeric | Full-value property-tax rate per USD 10,000 per town |
PTRATIO | Numeric | Pupil-teacher ratios per town |
B | Numeric | \(1000*(Bk - 0.63)^2\) where Bk is the proportion of blacks by town |
LSTAT | Numeric | Percentage of lower status population |