felson1979: Attractiveness and academic ability

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Attractiveness and academic ability

Description

This data comes from a study by Felson and Borhnstedt (1979) of perceived attractiveness and academic ability in teenagers, sixth through ninth grade. The six variables are perception of academic ability (academic), perception of physical attractiveness (attract), grade point average (gpa), height, weight, and a strangers' rating of attractiveness (rating).

Usage

felson1979

Format

A data frame with 209 rows and 7 variables

Details

• acad.

• athl.

• attract.

• gpa.

• height.

• weight.

• rating.

References

Felson, R.B. & Bohrnstedt, G.W. (1979). "Are the good beautiful or the beautiful good?" The relationship between children's perceptions of ability and perceptions of physical attractiveness. Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 386–392.

Examples

## Not run: 
  model <-  '
	 acad    ~ gpa + attract
    attract ~ height + weight + rating + acad
  '

## End(Not run)

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