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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def specify_data_set(self, x_input, y_input):
 """ Define input to ACE. Parameters x_input : list list of iterables, one for each independent variable y_input : array the dependent observations """

        self.x = x_input
        self.y = y_input