mn6.9

Responses given by 2982 New Jersey high-school seniors on 4 questions concerning attitude towards science. Also recorded was whether students had a high or low I.Q.

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mn6.9 function

A data frame with 2982 observations on the following 5 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>y1</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The development of new ideas is the scientist's greatest source of satisfaction"</dd> <dt><code>y2</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "Scientists and engineers should be eliminated form the military draft"</dd> <dt><code>y3</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The scientist will make his maximum contribution to society when he has freedom to work on problems that interest him"</dd> <dt><code>y4</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The monetary compensation of a Nobel Prize-winner in physics should be at least equal to that given to popular entertainers"</dd> <dt><code>group</code></dt>
<dd>I.Q. levels: 1=low, 2=high</dd> 
</dl>

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I.Q. and attitude towards science — mn6.9

A data frame with 2982 observations on the following 5 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>y1</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The development of new ideas is the scientist's greatest source of satisfaction"</dd>

 <dt><code>y2</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "Scientists and engineers should be eliminated form the military draft"</dd>

 <dt><code>y3</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The scientist will make his maximum contribution to society when he has freedom to work on problems that interest him"</dd>

 <dt><code>y4</code></dt>
<dd>Agree=1/disagree=0 to "The monetary compensation of a Nobel Prize-winner in physics should be at least equal to that given to popular entertainers"</dd>

 <dt><code>group</code></dt>
<dd>I.Q. levels: 1=low, 2=high</dd>

 
</dl>

mn6.9: I.Q. and attitude towards science

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