HCIdata: Homeostasis concept inventory full dataset

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Homeostasis concept inventory full dataset

Description

HCIdata dataset consists of the responses of 669 students (405 males, 246 females, 18 without gender specification) to Homeostasis Concept Inventory (HCI) multiple-choice test. It contains answers to 20 multiple-choice items, scored items, total score, gender membership, identifier whether students plan to major in science, study year, minority membership, identifier whether English is the student's first language, and type of school.

Usage

HCIdata

Format

HCIdata is a data.frame consisting of 669 observations on the 47 variables.

A1-A20

Multiple-choice items of the HCI test.

QR1-QR20

Scored items of the HCI test, "0" incorrect, "1" correct.

total

Total test score.

gender

Gender membership, "M" males, "F" females, "none" undisclosed.

major

Identifier whether students plans to major in the life sciences.

yearc5

Study year.

minority

Minority membership, "maj" majority, "min" Black/Hispanic minority, "none" undisclosed.

EnglishF

Identifier whether English is the student's first language.

typeS

Course type, "allied" allied health, "majors" physiology courses for science majors, "mixed majors" courses for non-majors.

typeSCH

Type of school, "AC" associate's college, "BCAS" baccalaureate college: arts and sciences focus, "R1" research university, "MCU" master's college and university.

Author(s)

Jenny L. McFarland
Biology Department, Edmonds Community College

References

McFarland, J. L., Price, R. M., Wenderoth, M. P., Martinkova, P., Cliff, W., Michael, J., ... & Wright, A. (2017). Development and validation of the homeostasis concept inventory. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 16(2), ar35. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1187/cbe.16-10-0305")}

See Also

HCI for HCI dichotomous dataset
HCItest for HCI multiple-choice dataset
HCIkey for key of correct answers for HCI
HCIlong for HCI in a long format
HCIgrads for HCI dataset of graduate students
HCIprepost for HCI pretest and posttest scores
HCItestretest for HCI test-retest dataset

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