Fingers: Data from introductory statistics students at a university.
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Fingers

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Data from introductory statistics students at a university.

Description

Students at a university taking an introductory statistics course were asked to complete this survey as part of their homework.

Usage

Fingers

Format

A data frame with 157 observations on the following 16 variables:

Gender: Gender of participant.
RaceEthnic: Racial or ethnic background.
FamilyMembers: Members of immediate family (excluding self).
SSLast: Last digit of social security number (NA if no SSN).
Year: Year in school: 1=First, 2=Second, 3=Third, 4=Fourth, 5=Other
Job: Current employment status: 1=Not Working, 2=Part-time Job, 3=Full-time Job
MathAnxious: Agreement with the statement "In general I tend to feel very anxious about mathematics": 1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neither Agree nor Disagree, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly Agree
Interest: Interest in statistics and the course: 1=No Interest, 2=Somewhat Interested, 3=Very Interested
GradePredict: Numeric prediction for final grade in the course. The value is converted from the student's letter grade prediction. 4.0=A, 3.7=A-, 3.3=B+, 3.0=B, 2.7=B-, 2.3=C+, 2.0=C, 1.7=C-, 1.3=Below C-
Thumb: Length in mm from tip of thumb to the crease between the thumb and palm.
Index: Length in mm from tip of index finger to the crease between the index finger and palm.
Middle: Length in mm from tip of middle finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.
Ring: Length in mm from tip of ring finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.
Pinkie: Length in mm from tip of pinkie finger to the crease between the pinkie finger and palm.
Height: Height in inches.
Weight: Weight in pounds.
Sex: Sex of participant.