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Junior School Project

Description

Junior School Project collected from primary (U.S. term is elementary) schools in inner London.

Format

A data frame with 3236 observations on the following 9 variables.

school

50 schools code 1-50

class

a factor with levels 1 2 3 4

gender

a factor with levels boy girl

social

class of the father I=1; II=2; III nonmanual=3; III manual=4; IV=5; V=6; Long-term unemployed=7; Not currently employed=8; Father absent=9

raven

test score

id

student id coded 1-1402

english

score on English

math

score on Maths

year

year of school

Source

Mortimore, P., P. Sammons, L. Stoll, D. Lewis, and R. Ecob (1988). School Matters. Wells, UK: Open Books.

References

Goldstein, H. (1995). Multilevel Statistical Models (2 ed.). London: Arnold.

Examples

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