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- Boston Marathon Data
- Instructor: G. William Schwert
- 585-275-2470
- schwert@schwert.simon.rochester.edu
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- Sports records are often interesting because they reflect the evolution
of human development.
- This data file contains the winning times, in seconds, for the Boston
Marathon from 1897-2012.
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- As this race has become more famous and the prize for winning has become
lucrative, world-class runners have begun to compete and win, so I also
include variable indicating whether the winning racers were from the
U.S., or not.
- Pro equals 1 since 1986 to reflect the payment of prize money
- Women have participated in this race since 1966, so the winning times
for women are included from 1966-2012.
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- m_sec (winning time for men in seconds, so two hours = 60*60*2 = 7200
seconds)
- Note that the wining time in 1918 is not available because of WW I
- w_sec (winning time for women in seconds, since 1966)
- time (a time trend = -53 in 1897
and =62 in 2012)
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- usm (dummy variable = 1 when the
male winner is from the US, and 0 otherwise)
- Note that I have set this = 0 from 2011-2050 on the assumption that
foreign runners will continue to win in the future)
- usw (dummy variable = 1 when the
female winner is from the US, and 0 otherwise)
- Note that I have set this = 0 from 2011-2050 on the assumption that
foreign runners will continue to win in the future)
- pro (dummy variable = 1 since
1986, and 0 otherwise
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- Weather_bad if commentary on
history web site describes conditions as unfavorable (hot, headwind, or
very cold and rainy, for example)
- Weather_good if commentary on
history web site describes conditions as favorable (e.g., strong
tailwind)
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- Eviews worksheet
- http://schwert.simon.rochester.edu/a425/a425_boston.wf1
- APS 425 Home Page
- http://schwert.simon.rochester.edu/a425/a425main.htm
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Notes