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English: Chart of the seasonal US unemployment rate from the BLS statistics, showing mean, 95% interval and outliers. Puerto Rico has been removed from the data set. Source: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS
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u <- read.table("la.data.3.AllStatesS", header=T, fill=T)

# Convert the months into fractional years
u$time <- u$year + (as.numeric(u$period) - 1) / 12

# Get just the measurement values (those that end in "03")
m <- u[grep("03$", u$series_id),]

# And ignore the ones that are in Puerto-rico, state code 43
m <- subset(m, series_id != "LASST43000003")

# make the year a factor
m$year <- as.factor(m$year)

# Aggregate all samples into a single year average
# leaving per-state data intact
v <- aggregate(m, list(year=m$year, series_id=m$series_id), mean)

# Aggregate all samples into a per-month average
m2 <- aggregate(m, list(year=m$year, period=m$period), mean, na.rm=T)
m2 <- m2[order(m2$time),]
#m2 <- aggregate(m, list(year=m$year), mean, na.rm=T)

# And generate the box plot for every state
par(family="Times")
par(bty="n")
plot(
	value ~ year,
	data = v,
	ylim = c(0,16),
	main = "US Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment",
	ylab = "Unemployment rate",
	xlab = "Year",
	las=1
)
grid()

# Add the moving average line
par(new=T)
par(bty="n")
plot(
	value ~ time,
	data = m2,
	col = "red",
	type = "l",
	ylim = c(0,16),
	xlim = c(1976,2011),
	main = "",
	xlab = "",
	ylab = "",
	axes = F
);

dev.copy(svg, "US Seasonal Unemployment.svg", width=8, height=6)
dev.off()

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current01:30, 13 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:30, 13 December 2010720 × 540 (150 KB)AutopilotAdded trend line
00:41, 13 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 00:41, 13 December 2010720 × 540 (151 KB)Autopilot{{Information |Description={{en|1=Chart of the seasonal US unemployment rate from the BLS statistics, showing mean, 95% interval and outliers (mostly Puerto Rico). <source lang=sas> # ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.3.AllStatesS u <- read.tab

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