bliss: bliss data
In jrnold/bps5data: Datasets from The Basic Practice of Statistics, 5th ed.

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

1	data("bliss")

\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

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.

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

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

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