Analysis of Data from the Places Rated Almanac

Authors
Becker, Richard A. Denby, Lorraine McGill, Robert Wilks, Allan R.
Citation
A. Becker, Richard et al., Analysis of Data from the Places Rated Almanac, American statistician , 41(3), 1987, pp. 169-186
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1987
Pages
169 - 186
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
This article presents an analysis of data from the 1985 edition of the Places Rated Almanac by Boyer and Savageau.The data consist of nine composite variables constructed for 329 metropolitan areas of the United States.We present alternatives to the ranking method used in the original source and provide graphical displays to aid the reader in understanding the data.