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School expenditure and test scores from USA in 1994-95
Description
The sat data frame has 50 rows and 7 columns. Data were collected to
study the relationship between expenditures on public education and test
results.
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- expend
Current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
- ratio
Average pupil/teacher ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Fall 1994
- salary
-
Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands of dollars)
- takers
Percentage of all eligible students taking the SAT, 1994-95
- verbal
Average verbal SAT score, 1994-95
- math
Average math SAT score, 1994-95
- total
-
Average total score on the SAT, 1994-95
Source
"Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public School Expenditures" D. Guber, Journal of Statistics Education, 1999