gpa1: gpa1

In jcpernias/ec1027: Data and Functions for the course EC1027 - Econometrics I

Description

Gollege GPA and its predictors.

Usage

data("gpa1")

Format

A data frame with 141 observations.

age

in years

soph

=1 if sophomore

junior

=1 if junior

senior

=1 if senior

senior5

=1 if fifth year senior

male

=1 if male

campus

=1 if live on campus

business

=1 if business major

engineer

=1 if engineering major

colGPA

MSU GPA

hsGPA

high school GPA

ACT

'achievement' score

job19

=1 if job <= 19 hours

job20

=1 if job >= 20 hours

drive

=1 if drive to campus

bike

=1 if bicycle to campus

walk

=1 if walk to campus

voluntr

=1 if do volunteer work

PC

=1 of pers computer at sch

greek

=1 if fraternity or sorority

car

=1 if own car

siblings

=1 if have siblings

bgfriend

=1 if boy- or girlfriend

clubs

=1 if belong to MSU club

skipped

avg lectures missed per week

alcohol

avg # days per week drink alcohol

gradMI

=1 if Michigan high school

fathcoll

=1 if father college grad

mothcoll

=1 if mother college grad

Details

Christopher Lemmon, a former MSU undergraduate, collected these data from a survey he took of MSU students in Fall 1994.

Notes

This is a nice example of how students can obtain an original data set by focusing locally and carefully composing a survey.

Source

Jeffrey M. Wooldrige (2006): Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 3rd ed., Thomson South-Western.

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