college_survey1: Describing Data Example - College Student Attitude Survey 1
In gitrman/itns: Datasets from the book Introduction to the New Statistics

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An example of data from a college survey used in Chapters 3 and 5 of the book Introduction to the New Statistics.

1	college_survey1

A data frame with 243 rows and 20 variables:

id: Participant identifier
gender: Female or Male
age: Age in years
school_year: 5 level school year
transfer: Transfer status: No if student did not transfer to the current school, Yes if student transferred to the current school
student_athlete: 3-level student athlete code
student_athlete_code: 2-level student athlete code
wealth_sr: Self-rating of perceived wealth, rated on scale from 1 (well below average) to 5 (well above average).
gpa: Self reported GPA on a 0-4point scale.
act: Self-reported ACT score.
subjective_well_being: Average of 5-item satisfaction with life scale.
positive_affect: Average score on a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing positive emotions over the past week.
negative_affect: Average score on a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing negative emotions over the past week.
relationship_confidence: Average of a 7-item scale of confidence in having romantic relationships, rated on a scale from 1 (not at all characteristic of me) to 5 (very characteristic of me).
exercise: Exercise score on the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire. This asks participants to rate how often during a regular week they engage in strenuous, moderate, or light exercise.
academic_motivation_intrinsic: Average score on a 6-item measure of intrinsic reasons for going to college.
academic_motivation_extrinsic: Average score on a 7-item measure of extrinsic reasons for going to college.
academic_motivation_amotivation: Average score on a 2-item measure of feeling unmotivated about college
intelligence_value: Measure of the degree to which participant values intelligence, rated on a scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly agree).
raven_score: Percentage correct out of 8 items on the Raven Progressive Matrix Scale, a scale of logical thinking / IQ