R/college_surveys.R

In gitrman/itns: Datasets from the book Introduction to the New Statistics

#'Describing Data Example - College Student Attitude Survey 1
#'
#'An example of data from a college survey used in Chapters 3 and 5 of the book 
#'\emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'This data comes from a survey of college students on a range of psychological variables.
#'
#'@format A data frame with 243 rows and 20 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{id}{Participant identifier}
#'  \item{gender}{\emph{Female} or \emph{Male}}
#'  \item{age}{Age in years}
#'  \item{school_year}{5 level school year}
#'  \item{transfer}{Transfer status: \emph{No} if student did not transfer to the current school, \emph{Yes} if student transferred to the current school}
#'  \item{student_athlete}{3-level student athlete code}
#'  \item{student_athlete_code}{2-level student athlete code}
#'  \item{wealth_sr}{Self-rating of perceived wealth, rated on scale from 1 (well below average) to 5 (well above average).}
#'  \item{gpa}{Self reported GPA on a 0-4point scale.}
#'  \item{act}{Self-reported ACT score.}
#'  \item{subjective_well_being}{Average of 5-item satisfaction with life scale.}
#'  \item{positive_affect}{Average score on a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing positive emotions over the past week.}
#'  \item{negative_affect}{Average score on a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing negative emotions over the past week.}
#'  \item{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).}
#'  \item{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.}
#'  \item{academic_motivation_intrinsic}{Average score on a 6-item measure of intrinsic reasons for going to college.}
#'  \item{academic_motivation_extrinsic}{Average score on a 7-item measure of extrinsic reasons for going to college.}
#'  \item{academic_motivation_amotivation}{Average score on a 2-item measure of feeling unmotivated about college}
#'  \item{intelligence_value}{Measure of the degree to which participant values intelligence, rated on a scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly agree).}
#'  \item{raven_score}{Percentage correct out of 8 items on the Raven Progressive Matrix Scale, a scale of logical thinking / IQ}.
#'}
#'
#'@references Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
"college_survey1"



#'Describing Data Example - College Student Attitude Survey 2
#'
#'An example of data from a college survey used in Chapters 3 and 5 of the book 
#'\emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'This data comes from a survey of college students on a range of psychological variables.
#'
#'@format A data frame with 138 rows and 14 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{id}{Participant identifier}
#'  \item{gender}{\emph{Female} or \emph{Male}}
#'  \item{age}{Age in years}
#'  \item{wealth_sr}{Self-rating of perceived wealth, rated on scale from 1 (well below average) to 5 (well above average).}
#'  \item{school_year}{5 level school year}
#'  \item{transfer}{\emph{No} if student did not transfer to current school, \emph{Yes} if student transferred to current school}
#'  \item{gpa}{Self-reported GPA on a 0-4point scale.}
#'  \item{subjective_well_being}{Average of 5-item satisfaction with life scale.}
#'  \item{positive_affect}{Average of a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing positive emotions over the past week.}
#'  \item{negative_affect}{Average of a 10-item scale of frequency of experiencing negative emotions over the past week.}
#'  \item{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).}
#'  \item{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).}
#'  \item{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"}
#'  \item{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.}
#'}
#'
#'@references Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
"college_survey2"