What Does It Take to Heat a New Room? Estimating Utility Demand in a Home

Authors: 
Carver, R.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Volume: 
10(3)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
1998
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics Education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v6n1/datasets.carver.html
Abstract: 

In a residential home, energy consumption is closely related to the outdoor temperature and size of the house. In a home of a given size, fuel consumption varies fairly predictably through the year. When homeowners add a room, other things being equal, energy consumption should increase. This dataset permits students to estimate the energy demand, make forecasts for future months, and investigate other relationships.

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