A dataset containing credit history information for credit card applicants. This dataset is sourced from the AER package.

data(creditCard)

Format

A data frame with 1,319 observations and 12 variables:

card

Factor. Whether the credit card application was accepted (Yes/No)

reports

Numeric. Number of major derogatory reports on the applicant's credit history

age

Numeric. Age in years plus twelfths of a year (e.g., 30.5 represents 30 years and 6 months)

income

Numeric. Annual income in USD (divided by 10,000)

share

Numeric. Ratio of monthly credit card expenditure to yearly income

expenditure

Numeric. Average monthly credit card expenditure in USD

owner

Factor. Home ownership status (Yes/No)

selfemp

Factor. Self-employment status (Yes/No)

dependents

Numeric. Number of dependents

months

Numeric. Number of months living at current address

majorcards

Numeric. Number of major credit cards held

active

Numeric. Number of active credit accounts

Source

Greene, W.H. (2003). Econometric Analysis, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Details

This dataset is commonly used for credit risk analysis and modeling credit card approval decisions. It provides a comprehensive view of various factors that may influence credit card application outcomes.

See also

CreditCard for the original dataset in the AER package

Examples

data(creditCard)
summary(creditCard)
#>   card         reports             age              income      
#>  no : 296   Min.   : 0.0000   Min.   : 0.1667   Min.   : 0.210  
#>  yes:1023   1st Qu.: 0.0000   1st Qu.:25.4167   1st Qu.: 2.244  
#>             Median : 0.0000   Median :31.2500   Median : 2.900  
#>             Mean   : 0.4564   Mean   :33.2131   Mean   : 3.365  
#>             3rd Qu.: 0.0000   3rd Qu.:39.4167   3rd Qu.: 4.000  
#>             Max.   :14.0000   Max.   :83.5000   Max.   :13.500  
#>      share            expenditure       owner     selfemp      dependents    
#>  Min.   :0.0001091   Min.   :   0.000   no :738   no :1228   Min.   :0.0000  
#>  1st Qu.:0.0023159   1st Qu.:   4.583   yes:581   yes:  91   1st Qu.:0.0000  
#>  Median :0.0388272   Median : 101.298                        Median :1.0000  
#>  Mean   :0.0687322   Mean   : 185.057                        Mean   :0.9939  
#>  3rd Qu.:0.0936168   3rd Qu.: 249.036                        3rd Qu.:2.0000  
#>  Max.   :0.9063205   Max.   :3099.505                        Max.   :6.0000  
#>      months         majorcards         active      
#>  Min.   :  0.00   Min.   :0.0000   Min.   : 0.000  
#>  1st Qu.: 12.00   1st Qu.:1.0000   1st Qu.: 2.000  
#>  Median : 30.00   Median :1.0000   Median : 6.000  
#>  Mean   : 55.27   Mean   :0.8173   Mean   : 6.997  
#>  3rd Qu.: 72.00   3rd Qu.:1.0000   3rd Qu.:11.000  
#>  Max.   :540.00   Max.   :1.0000   Max.   :46.000