avocadoR Documentation

Data on avocado sales

Description

This data set includes information on the average price and total amount of avocados sold across 169 weeks from 2015 to 2018. This data covers only sales of 'conventional' avocados that take place in California.

Usage

avocado

Format

A data frame with 169 rows and 3 variables:

Date

Date of observation

AveragePrice

Average avocado price

TotalVolume

Total volume of avocados sold

Details

This data was used in the Identification chapter of The Effect by Huntington-Klein

Source

Kiggins, Justin. 2018. https://www.kaggle.com/neuromusic/avocado-prices/

References

Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.