college_survey2: Describing Data Example - College Student Attitude Survey 2

Description Usage Format Details References

Description

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

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 138 rows and 14 variables:

id

Participant identifier

gender

Female or Male

age

Age in years

wealth_sr

Self-rating of perceived wealth, rated on scale from 1 (well below average) to 5 (well above average).

school_year

5 level school year

transfer

No if student did not transfer to current school, Yes if student transferred to current school

gpa

Self-reported GPA on a 0-4point scale.

subjective_well_being

Average of 5-item satisfaction with life scale.

positive_affect

Average of a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing positive emotions over the past week.

negative_affect

Average of a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing negative emotions over the past week.

academic_engagement

Average of a 5-item scale of academic work, measured on scale from 1 ((0 hours per week) to 8 (more than 30 hours a week).

religious_meaning

Average of a 6-item scale in belief in a meaning to life based on religious ideas. Rated on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 4 (Strongly Agree).

health

Average of 4-item scale of health, rating from 1 (Definitely false) to 5 (definitely true) for statements such as "I am as healthy as anybody I know" and "My health is excellent"

emotion_recognition

Percentage correct on a 20-item test of recognizing different facial expressions. Scored out of the number attempted, as many participants abandoned the survey during the test due to its length.

Details

This data comes from a survey of college students on a range of psychological variables.

References

Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017). Introduction to the New Statistics. New York; Routledge.


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