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Data sets from "Forecasting: methods and applications" by Makridakis, Wheelwright and Hyndman (1998)

Super-Annual Data

Data recorded at intervals greater than one year

olympic
Men's 400 m final winning times in each Olympic Games

Annual Data

Data recorded every year

bicoal
Annual bituminous coal production
chicken
Price of chicken
copper2
Copper prices
copper3
Copper prices
copper
Copper price
eggs
Price of eggs
elco
Sales of Elco's laser printers
ibm
IBM sales and profit
huron
Level of Lake Huron
jcars
Motor vehicle production
lynx
Annual Canadian Lynx trappings 1821--1934
mink
Number of minks trapped
nail
Nail prices
oilprice
Oil prices
pcv
GDP
sheep
Sheep population
strikes
Number of strikes
telephone
Telephone cost
wagesuk
Real daily wages
wheat
Wheat prices

Quarterly Data

Data recorded every quarter

bricksq
Quarterly clay brick production
canadian
Canadian unemployment rate
capital
Quarterly capital expenditure and appropriations
cpimel
Consumer price index
qelec
Electricity production
qsales
Sales data

Monthly Data

Data recorded every month

advert
Sales and advertising expenditure
advsales
Sales volume and advertising expenditure
airpass
Monthly Airline Passenger Numbers 1949-1960
bank
Mutual savings bank deposits
beer
Monthly beer production
boston
Monthly dollar volume of sales
condmilk
Condensed milk
copper1
Copper prices
dole
Unemployment benefits in Australia
eknives
Sales of electric knives
elec
Electricity production
fancy
Sales for a souvenir shop
french
Industry index
housing
Housing data
hsales
Sales of one-family houses
hsales2
Sales of new one-family houses
invent15
Inventory demand
labour
Civilian labour force
milk
Monthly milk production per cow
motel
Total accommodation at hotel, motel and guest house
motion
Employment figures in the motion picture industry
paris
Average temperature
petrol
Sales of petroleum and related product
pigs
Number of pigs slaughtered
plastics
Sales of plastic product
pollution
Shipment of pollution equipment
productC
Sales of product C
shampoo
Sales of shampoo
ship
Electric can opener shipments
ukdeaths
Total deaths and serious injuries
usdeaths
Accidental deaths in USA
uselec
Total generation of electricity
writing
Sales of printing and writing paper

Daily Data

Data recorded every day

books
Sales of paperback and hardcover books
cowtemp
Temperature of a cow
dj
Dow-Jones index
dowjones
Dow-Jones index
econsumption
Electricity consumption and temperature
ibmclose
Closing IBM stock price
schizo
Perceptual speed scores
ustreas
Treasury bill contracts

Minute Data

Data recorded every minute

internet
Number of internet users

Other Time Series Data

Data recorded at unspecified time intervals

input
Input series
pulpprice
Pulp price and shipments
sales
Sales data
shipex
Shipments
wn
White noise series
wnoise
White noise time series

Cross-sectional Data

Data recorded at one time

auto
Attributes of some US and Japanese automobiles
cement
Cement composition and heat data
dexter
Dexterity test and production ratings
expenditure
Expenditure
kkong
King Kong data
mortal
Mortality
ozone
Ozone depletion and melanoma rates
running
Running times and maximal aerobic capacity
texasgas
Price and consumption of natural gas