Guber99: School Expenditures and Test Scores for 50 States, 1994-95
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School Expenditures and Test Scores for 50 States, 1994-95
Description
A data set for a canonical case of a Simpson's paradox, useful for in-class
instruction on the topic.
Usage
Guber99
Format
A data frame with 50 observations on the following 8 variables.
statea character vector for the state
expendppa numeric vector for the current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
ptratioa numeric vector for the average pupil/teacher ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Fall 1994
tsalarya numeric vector for the estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
perctakersa numeric vector for the percentage of all eligible students taking the SAT, 1994-95
verbala numeric vector for the average verbal SAT score, 1994-95
matha numeric vector for the average math SAT score, 1994-95
totala numeric vector for the average total SAT score, 1994-95
References
Guber, Deborah Lynne. 1999. "Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public School Expenditures." Journal of Statistics Education 7(2).
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School Expenditures and Test Scores for 50 States, 1994-95
Description
A data set for a canonical case of a Simpson's paradox, useful for in-class instruction on the topic.
Usage
Guber99
Format
A data frame with 50 observations on the following 8 variables.
statea character vector for the state
expendppa numeric vector for the current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
ptratioa numeric vector for the average pupil/teacher ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Fall 1994
tsalarya numeric vector for the estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
perctakersa numeric vector for the percentage of all eligible students taking the SAT, 1994-95
verbala numeric vector for the average verbal SAT score, 1994-95
matha numeric vector for the average math SAT score, 1994-95
totala numeric vector for the average total SAT score, 1994-95
References
Guber, Deborah Lynne. 1999. "Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public School Expenditures." Journal of Statistics Education 7(2).
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