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tScores: Test scores of 3054 test scores of 1174 students in 60 schools

Description

A dataset containing student achievement scores on a statewide mathematics test between 1994 and 2000 in Dallas, Texas. Due to privacy protection the data is a simulated dataset based on the variance-covariance matrix of the real dataset. The variables are as follows:
  • Intecept - intercept.
  • SID - school ID. Runs from 1 to 60.
  • CID - student ID. Runs from 1 to 1174.
  • TLI - the mathematics test score.
  • GRADE_3 - grade level minus 3.
  • RETAINED - whether a student was retained in the same grade.
  • SWITCHSC - whetehr a student switched schools during the previous year.
  • S_FREELU - the proportion of students at each school who were eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch program.
  • FEMALE - dummy variable, 1 if felmale student, 0 if male student.
  • BLACK - dummy variable indicating whether the student is African-American.
  • HISPANIC - dummy variable indicating whether the student is Hispanic.
  • OTHER - dummy variable equal to 1 if the student is neither Caucasian, nor African-American, nor Hispanic.
  • C_COHORT - the cohort the student belongs to.
  • T_EXPERI - represents the average years of experience of teachers in a given school.
  • CLASS_SI - represents the average class size in a given school.
  • P_MINORI - represents the percentage of minority students in a given school.

Usage

data(tScores)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 3054 rows and 16 variables.