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SERIES B 
Statistical Methodology

Bayesian inference for semiparametric regression using a Fourier representation,
P. Lenk
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, Volume 61, (1999), Part 4, Pages 863-879

TRAFFIC.DAT is an ASCII file that contains the data for traffic accidents in the state of Michigan.

The data are a 0.1% random sample of all reported accidents from January 1, 1979 to December 31, 1987.

The variables are:
1. Number of accidents for the month.
2. Non institutional unemployment rate.
3. Month with 1 = Jan. 1979.
4. Spring = 1 if Spring, -1 if Winter, and 0 otherwise.
5. Summer = 1 if Summer, -1 if Winter, and 0 otherwise.
6. Fall = 1 if Fall, -1 if Winter, and 0 otherwise.

Journals

SERIES A
Statistics in Society

SERIES B
Statistical Methodology

SERIES C
Applied Statistics

SERIES D
The Statistician