learning {wPerm}

Social Class and Nursery-Rhyme Knowledge

Description

Contingency table of social class and nursery-rhyme knowledge for 66 children in kindergarten through second grade.

Usage

data("learning")

Format

A data frame with 2 observations on the following 4 variables.

SOCIAL_CLASS

a factor with levels Middle Working

A_few

a numeric vector

Some

a numeric vector

Lots

a numeric vector

Details

M. Stuart et al. studied various aspects of grade-school children and their mothers. The researchers gave a questionnaire to parents of 66 children in kindergarten through second grade. Two social-class groups, middle and working, were identified based on the mother's occupation. One aspect of the study cross-classified social class (of the mother) and nursery-rhyme knowledge (of the child).

Source

Stuart, M., Dixon, M., Masterson, J., and Quinlan, P. (1998) Learning to Read at Home and at School. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, pp. 3-14.

Examples

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