sesamesim: Simulated Sesame Street Data

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Simulated Sesame Street Data

Description

This is a simulated counterpart of part of the Sesame Street data presented by Stevens (1996, Appendix A) concerning the effect of the first year of the Sesame street series on the knowledge of 240 children in the age range 34 to 69 months. We will use the following variables: sex; site of child's origin; setting in which Sesame Street is watched; age; whether or not the child is encouraged to watch; Peabody metal age score; score on numbers test before, after and in a follow up measurement; and scores on knowledge of body parts, letters, forms, numbers, relations, and classifications, both before and after watching Sesame Street for a year.

Usage

data(sesamesim)

Format

A data frame with 240 rows and 21 variables.

Details

sex	integer	Sex of the child; 1 = boy, 2 = girl
site	integer	Site of the child's origin; 1 = disadvantaged inner city, 2 = advantaged suburban , 3 = advantaged rural, 4 = disadvantaged rural, 5 = disadvantaged Spanish speaking
setting	integer	Setting in which the child watches Sesame Street; 1 = at home, 2 = at school
age	integer	Age of the child in months
viewenc	integer	Whether or not the child is encouraged to watch Sesame Street; 0 = no, 1 = yes
peabody	integer	Peabody mental age score of the child; the higher the score the higher the mental age
prenumb	integer	score on a numbers test before watching Sesame Street for a year
postnumb	integer	score on a numbers test after watching Sesame Street for a year
funumb	integer	follow up numbers test score measured one year after postnumb
Bb	integer	Knowledge of body parts before
Bl	integer	Knowledge of letters before
Bf	integer	Knowledge of forms before
Bn	integer	Knowledge of numbers before
Br	integer	Knowledge of relations before
Bc	integer	Knowledge of classifications before
Ab	integer	Knowledge of body parts after
Al	integer	Knowledge of letters after
Af	integer	Knowledge of forms after
An	integer	Knowledge of numbers after
Ar	integer	Knowledge of relations after
Ac	integer	Knowledge of classifications after

References

Stevens, J. (1996). Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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