flas: Foreign Language Attitude Scale

In norm2: Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data under a Normal Model

Description

This dataset comes from a study to evaluate the reliability of the Foreign Lanuage Attitude Scale, an instrument for predicting success in the study or foreign languages (Raymond and Roberts, 1983). The questionnaire was given to 279 students enrolled in four different language courses (French, German, Spanish, Russian) at Penn State University. This dataset includes FLAS score, final grade in the course, and other variables for predicting achievement. These data were analyzed by Schafer (1997, Chap. 6).

Usage

data(flas)

Format

a data frame with 279 rows and 14 variables:

LAN2

1=Spanish, 0=other.

LAN3

1=German, 0=other.

LAN4

1=Russian, 0=other.

AGE

age group (1=less than 20, 2=20+).

PRI

number of prior foreign language courses (1=none, 2=1-2, 3=3+).

SEX

0=male, 1=female

MLAT

Modern Language Aptitude Test

FLAS

Foreign Language Attitude Scale

SATV

Scholastic Aptitude Test, verbal score

SATM

Scholastic Aptitude Test, math score

ENG

score on Penn State English placement exam

HGPA

high school grade point average

CGPA

current college grade point average

GRD

final grade in foreign language course (1=B or lower, 2=A)

Source

Schafer, J.L. (1997) Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data. London: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.

References

Raymond, M.R. and Roberts, D.M. (1983) Development and validation of a foreign language attitude scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 43, 1239-1246.

For example analyses of this dataset using functions in the norm2 package, see the manual NORM Package for R, Version 2 in the library subdirectory doc.

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