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peerinfl: Peerinfl - High school data for 36 classrooms, 25 have 2 semesters

Description

The 'attitudes' data frame represents results from individual-level surveys that students filled out about the class. std_id - student id number sem_id - semester 1 or 2 cls_id - classroom id number tlks - how often do you socialize? (1 = never, 4 = often) tlkt - When you talk, how often do you discuss classroom work? (1 = never, 4 = often) like_c - How much do you like the class? (Strongly dislike = 1, strongly dislike = 4) imp How important is this course for your future? (1 = not at all, 4 = very important) egrd - What grade do you expect? (F = 0, D = 1, ..., A = 4) jgrd - Is this grade or better or worse than usual? (1 = better, -1 = worse, 0 = same) sub - How much do you like the course subject? (1 = strongly dislike, 4 = like it very much) tot - How much do you like way the course it taught? (1 = strongly dislike, 4 = like it very much) frn - How interesting do you find your friends in this class? (1 = not at all, 4 = very interesting) cmt - How interesting do you find your classmates? (1 = not at all, 4 = very interesting) tch - How much do you like the teacher? (1 = strongly dislike, 4 = like very much) voln - How often do you voluntarily participate? (1 = less than once per week, 2 = once per week, 3 = everyday, 4 = several times per day, 5 = many times per day) call - how often does the teacher call on you? (1 = less than once per week, 2 = once per week, 3 = everyday, 4 = several times per day, 5 = many times per day) misb - How often do you misbehave? (1 = less than once per week, 2 = once per week, 3 = everyday, 4 = several times per day, 5 = many times per day) sanc - How often does a teacher catch you misbehaving? (1 = less than once per week, 2 = once per week, 3 = everyday, 4 = several times per day, 5 = many times per day) sftch - How friendly are you toward the teacher? ( -2 = not at all, 2 = very) tfstd - How often does the teacher call on you to participate? (1 = less than once per week, 2 = once per week, 3 = everyday, 4 = several times per day, 5 = many times per day) tfros - How friendly is the teacher toward other students? ( -2 = not at all, 2 = very) chal - How challenging is this class for you? (1 very easy, 4 = very challenging) prev - Have you had this teacher before? (1 = yes, 0 = no)

sem1, edgelist describing dyad level data from network survey (free form list for top 5 friends) std_id - student id alter_id - alter id timea - How long have you been friends? (in years) Where do you usually see this friend? ona - In this class only (1 = yes, 0 = no) oca - In other classes (1 = yes, 0 = no) acta - In school activities (1 = yes, 0 = np) nacta - Non-school activities (1 = yes, 0 = no) wrka - At work (1 = yes, 2 = no) nbra - Neighborhood (1 = yes, 2 = no) otha - Other (1 = yes, 2 = no)

wkna - Do you see this friend on weekends? (1 = yes, 2 = no) bfa - Best friend? (1 = yes, 2 = no) lva - Boyfriend/girlfriend? (1 = yes, 2 = no) cls_id - classroom id

sem2, edgelist describing dyad level data from network survey (for all students in the class) std_id - Student id alter_id - Alter id cls_id - Classroom id relationship - For each person in the class, list your relationship ( -1 don't like, 0 = don't know, 1 = liked acquaintance, 2 = friend, 3 = close friend) socializing - How often is this student socializing with other students? (0 = never, 3 = always) on_task how often is this student on task? (0 = never, 3 = always) pred_grade - what kind of grade will the student likely receive? (F = 0, D = 1, ..., A = 4) This network data set was created for use with Dan McFarland's network analysis labs. Labs are available at: ~\url{http://sna.stanford.edu/rlabs.php}

Larger comprehensive data set publicly available, contact Daniel A. McFarland for details.

Usage

'studentnets.peerinfl'

Arguments

format

sem1 and sem2 are dataframes in edgelist format, 'attitudes' represents individual (node-level) attributes in dataframe format

source

McFarland Classroom Study

References

McFarland Daniel A. (2001) ``Student Resistence.'' American Journal of Sociology 107(3) p 612-678. This research/data collection was generously supported by NSF Award no. 0624134.

Examples

Run this code
data('studentnets.peerinfl')
## Examples available in Lab 7 at:
## http://sna.stanford.edu/lab.php?l=7

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