bliss: bliss data

Description Usage Format Details Source References See Also

Description

Dataset bliss The Basic Practice of Statistics, 5th edition.

Usage

1
data("bliss")

Format

\Sexpr[results=rd]{bps5data:::doc_data("bliss", variables = FALSE)}
Group

I, II, III, IV as above

Style

Act=Active, Pas=Passive

Place

Bef=Before, Dur=During

Obs

Subject identification number (shows how the randomization worked)

S1

Score (count of symbols correctly recognized, out of 24) after lesson

S2

Score on a similar test one week after lesson

S3

Score on a similar test three weeks after lesson

Details

Data from Orit Hetzroni, The Effects of Active Versus Passive Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Acquisition, Retention, and Generalization of Blissymbols While Using Elements for Teaching Compounds, Ph.D. thesis, Purdue University, 1995. The thesis concerns computer-aided instruction (CAI) in the use of “Blissymbols” for communication. These symbols are used in teaching special groups of students. Normal-ability school children were randomly assigned to treatment groups. The part of the data in the file concerns four groups in a randomized factorial 2 by 2 design.

Active Passive
Before I II
During III IV

The two factors are the learning style (active or passive) of the CAI lesson and the placement of the material to be learned (Blissymbol elements before compounds or elements and compounds during a joint presentation). We expect active learning to be more successful than passive. We have no expectation about the effect of placement. Each subject was tested immediately after the lesson, one week later, and three weeks later. There are thus three repeated measures for each subject.

Source

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/bps5e/content/cat_110/bps5e_large_datasets.zip

References

Moore, David S. 2009. The Basic Practice of Statistics. 5th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman.

See Also

Other large datasets from BPS 5th ed.: call; class; concept; education; floridavote; foodsafety; income; literacy; newt; reading; verizon


jrnold/bps5data documentation built on May 19, 2019, 11:55 p.m.