Fingers {coursekata} | R Documentation |
Data from introductory statistics students at a university.
Description
Students at a university taking an introductory statistics course were asked to complete this survey as part of their homework.
Usage
Fingers
Format
A data frame with 157 observations on the following 16 variables:
Sex
Sex of participant.
RaceEthnic
Racial or ethnic background.
FamilyMembers
Members of immediate family (excluding self).
SSLast
Last digit of social security number (
NA
if no SSN).Year
Year in school:
1
=First,2
=Second,3
=Third,4
=Fourth,5
=OtherJob
Current employment status:
1
=Not Working,2
=Part-time Job,3
=Full-time JobMathAnxious
Agreement with the statement "In general I tend to feel very anxious about mathematics":
1
=Strongly Disagree,2
=Disagree,3
=Neither Agree nor Disagree,4
=Agree,5
=Strongly AgreeInterest
Interest in statistics and the course:
1
=No Interest,2
=Somewhat Interested,3
=Very InterestedGradePredict
Numeric prediction for final grade in the course. The value is converted from the student's letter grade prediction.
4.0
=A,3.7
=A-,3.3
=B+,3.0
=B,2.7
=B-,2.3
=C+,2.0
=C,1.7
=C-,1.3
=Below C-Thumb
Length in mm from tip of thumb to the crease between the thumb and palm.
Index
Length in mm from tip of index finger to the crease between the index finger and palm.
Middle
Length in mm from tip of middle finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.
Ring
Length in mm from tip of ring finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.
Pinkie
Length in mm from tip of pinkie finger to the crease between the pinkie finger and palm.
Height
Height in inches.
Weight
Weight in pounds.