HS {MBESS}

Complete Data Set of Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) Study

Description

The complete data set of scores of 301 participants in 26 tests in Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) study.

Usage

data(HS)

Format

A data frame with 301 observations on the following 34 variables.

id

case number of participants (note there are skips)

sex

sex of participants

grade

grade in school of the participants with levels Female Male

age

the age (ignoring months into the year) of the participants

month_since_birthday

the number of months since the last birthday

age_months

age in months

age_years

age in years and months combined (more fine grained measure of years)

school

the school the participant is from with levels Grant-White Pasteur

t1_visual_perception

scores on visual perception test, test 1

t2_cubes

scores on cubes test, test 2

t3_paper_form_board

scores on paper form board test, test 3

t4_lozenges

scores on lozenges test, test 4

t5_general_information

scores on general information test, test 5

t6_paragraph_comprehension

scores on paragraph comprehension test, test 6

t7_sentence

scores on sentence completion test, test 7

t8_word_classification

scores on word classification test, test 8

t9_word_meaning

scores on word meaning test, test 9

t10_addition

scores on add test, test 10

t11_code

scores on code test, test 11

t12_counting_groups_of_dots

scores on counting groups of dots test, test 12

t13_straight_and_curved_capitals

scores on straight and curved capitals test, test 13

t14_word_recognition

scores on word recognition test, test 14

t15_number_recognition

scores on number recognition test, test 15

t16_figure_recognition

scores on figure recognition test, test 16

t17_object_number

scores on object-number test, test 17

t18_number_figure

scores on number-figure test, test 18

t19_figure_word

scores on figure-word test, test 19

t20_deduction

scores on deduction test, test 20

t21_numerical_puzzles

scores on numerical puzzles test, test 21

t22_problem_reasoning

scores on problem reasoning test, test 22

t23_series_completion

scores on series completion test, test 23

t24_woody_mccall

scores on Woody-McCall mixed fundamentals, form I test, test 24

t25_paper_form_board_r

scores on additional paper form board test, test 25

t26_flags

scores on flags test, test 26

Details

Holzinger and Swineford (1939) data is widely cited, but generally only the Grant-White School data is used. The present dataset contains the complete data of Holzinger and Swineford (1939).

A total number of 301 pupils, coming from Paster School and Grant-White School, who participated in Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) study. This study consists of 26 tests, which are used to measure the participants' spatial, verbal, mental speed, memory, and mathematical ability.

The spatial tests consist of t1_visual_perception, t2_cubes, t3_paper_form_board, t4_lozenges. Additional spatial tests are t25_paper_form_board_r (revised test 3) and t26_flags. t25_paper_form_board_r can (potentially) be used as a substitute for t3_paper_form_board. t26_flags is thought to be a possible substitute for t4_lozenges.

The verbal tests consist of t5_general_information, t6_paragraph_comprehension, t7_sentence, t8_word_classification, and t9_word_meaning.

The speed tests consist of t10_addition, t11_code, t12_counting_groups_of_dots, and t13_straight_and_curved_capitals.

The memory tests consist of t14_word_recognition, t15_number_recognition, t16_figure_recognition, t17_object_number, t18_number_figure, and t19_figure_word.

The mathematical-ability tests consist of t20_deduction, t21_numerical_puzzles, t22_problem_reasoning, t23_series_completion, and t24_woody_mccall.

Source

Holzinger, K. J. and Swineford, F. A. (1939). A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bi-factor solution. Supplementary Education Monographs, 48. University of Chicago.

References

Holzinger, K. J. and Swineford, F. A. (1939). A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bi-factor solution. Supplementary Education Monographs, 48. University of Chicago.

Examples

data(HS)
summary(HS)