tutoring: Simulated tutoring program evaluation

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Simulated tutoring program evaluation

Description

A small, simulated (not real) dataset for demonstrating baseline equivalence assessment in a quasi-experimental education evaluation. It represents 400 students: 200 who received a tutoring program and 200 comparison students who did not, with baseline covariates measured before the program and an outcome measured after. The treatment group is mildly positively selected, so the covariates span all three What Works Clearinghouse equivalence categories.

Usage

tutoring

Format

A data frame with 400 rows and 8 variables:

treat

Treatment indicator: 1 = received tutoring, 0 = comparison.

pretest

Baseline reading score (continuous).

attendance

Baseline attendance rate, 0-1 (continuous).

age

Age in years at baseline (continuous).

female

1 = female, 0 = not (binary).

frpl

Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch: 1 = yes (binary).

ell

English language learner: 1 = yes (binary).

posttest

Reading score after the program (continuous outcome).

Source

Simulated for package examples with data-raw/tutoring.R; not real student data.

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