curricula {dualScale}

Curricula and Social classes

Description

Hollingshead (1949) found that the members of a small Middle Western community in the United States divided themselves into 5 social classes. He investigated his prediction that adolescents in the different social classes would enroll in different curricula

Usage

curricula

Format

A data set of 390 subjects on 5 social classes and 3 different curricula:

s.class1

Merged social classes I and II because the frequencies were small

s.class2

Social class III

s.class3

Social class IV

s.class4

Social class V

curricula1

College Prep curriculum

curricula2

General curriculum

curricula3

Commercial curriculum

Details

The data were originally collected from 390 participants in terms of their social classes and actual curriculum enrollments.

Source

Nishisato, S. and Nishisato, I.(1994). Dual Scaling in a Nutshell. Toronto: MicroStats.

References

Hollingshead, A.B. (1949). Elmtown's Youth: The Impact of Social Classes on Adolescents. Wiley.