NELS: National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) of 1988
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In response to pressure from federal and state agencies to monitor school effectiveness in the United States, the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education conducted a survey in the spring of 1988, the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS). The participants consisted of a nationally representative sample of approximately 25,000 eighth graders to measure achievement outcomes in four core subject areas (English, history, mathematics, and science), in addition to personal, familial, social, institutional, and cultural factors that might relate to these outcomes. Details on the design and initial analysis of this survey may be referenced in Horn, Hafner, and Owings (1992). A follow-up of these students was conducted during tenth grade in the spring of 1990; a second follow-up was conducted during the twelfth grade in the spring of 1992; and, finally, a third follow-up was conducted in the spring of 1994.

NELS

A data frame with 500 rows and 48 variables:

id: case number
advmath8: indicator for whether advanced math taken in eighth grade
urban: urbanicity, a measure of the type of environment in which the student lives
region: geographic region of school
gender: student's gender
famsize: student’s family size
parmarl8: parents' marital status in eighth grade
homelang: home language background
slfcnc08: self-concept in eighth grade
slfcnc10: self-concept in tenth grade
slfcnc12: self-concept in twelfth grade
schtyp8: school type in eighth grade
tcherint: likert-scale variable classifying student agreement with the statement, “My teachers are interested in students”
late12: number of times late for school in twelfth grade
cuts12: number of times skipped/cut classes in twelfth grade
absent12: number of times student missed school in twelfth grade
approg: indicator for whether advanced placement program taken
hwkin12: time spent on homework weekly in school per week in twelfth grade
hwkout12: time spent on homework out of school per week in twelfth grade
excurr12: time spent weekly on extracurricular activities in twelfth grade, in hours
computer: indicator for whether computer owned by family in eighth grade
hsprog: type of high school program
unitengl: units in English (NAEP), or number of years of English taken in high school
unitmath: units in mathematics (NAEP), or number of years of math taken in high school
unitcalc: units in calculus (NAEP), or number of years of calculus taken in high school
schattrt: school average daily attendance rate
apoffer: number of advanced placement courses offered by school
nursery: indicator for whether nursery school attended
algebra8: indicator for whether algebra taken in eighth grade
numinst: number of post-secondary institutions attended
edexpect: highest level of education expected
expinc30: expected income at age 30, in dollars
achrdg08: reading achievement in eighth grade
achmat08: math achievement in eighth grade
achsci08: science achievement in eighth grade
achsls08: social studies achievement in eighth grade
achrdg10: reading achievement in tenth grade
achmat10: math achievement in tenth grade
achsci10: science achievement in tenth grade
achsls10: social studies achievement in tenth grade
achrdg12: reading achievement in twelfth grade
achmat12: math achievement in twelfth grade
achsci12: science achievement in twelfth grade
achsls12: social studies achievement in twelfth grade
cigarett: indicator for whether smoked cigarettes ever
alcbinge: indicator for whether ever binged on alcohol
marijuan: indicator for whether smoked marijuana ever
ses: socioeconomic status score, ranging from 0 to 35, and given as a composite of father’s education level, mother’s education level, father’s occupation, mother’s education, and family income

For this dataset, we have selected a sub-sample of 500 cases and 48 variables. The cases were sampled randomly from the approximately 5,000 students who responded to all four administrations of the survey, who were always at grade level (neither repeated nor skipped a grade), and who pursued some form of post-secondary education. The particular variables were selected to explore the relationships between student and home background variables, self-concept, educational and income aspirations, academic motivation, risk-taking behavior, and academic achievement.

"A profile of American eighth-grade mathematics and science instruction." Horn, L., Hafner, & Owings (1992) <https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=92486>

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