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Third grade population
Description
The ThirdGrade
data file is a population of students who participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Usage
data(ThirdGrade)
Format
A data frame with 2,427 students on the following variables:
region
Geographic region of the U.S. (1 = Northeast; 2 = South; 3 = Central; 4 = West)
school.id
School identifier (1 - 135)
student.id
Student identifier (1 - 2427)
sex
Sex of student (1 = female; 2 = male)
language
Is language of test spoken at home? (1 = always; 2 = sometimes; 3 = never)
math
Mathematics test score
ethnicity
Ethnicity of student (1 = White, non-Hispanic; 2 = Black; 3 = Hispanic; 4 = Asian; 5 = Native American; 6 = Other)
science
Science test score
community
Type of location of school (2 = village or rural area; 3 = outskirts of a town or city; 4 = close to center of a town or city)
enrollment
Number of students in entire school
Details
The Third Grade population consists of 2,427 students in the U.S. who participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (Caslyn, Gonzales, Frase 1999). The methods used in conducting the original study are given in TIMSS International Study Center (1996). Clusters are schools while units within clusters are the students.
Source
TIMSS International Study Center 1996.
References
Caslyn, C., Gonzales, P., Frase, M. (1999). Highlights from TIMSS. National Center for Education Statistics, Washington DC.
TIMSS International Study Center (1996). Third International Mathematics and Science Study: Technical Report, Volume 1 Design and Development. Boston College: Chestnut Hill MA.
Examples
data(ThirdGrade)
str(ThirdGrade)