States

The <code>States</code> data frame has 51 rows and 8 columns.
 The observations are the U. S. states and Washington, D. C.

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Functions and Datasets to Accompany J. Fox and S. Weisberg,
An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage, 2011.

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Sanford Weisberg

Daniel Adler

Douglas Bates

Gabriel Baud-Bovy

Steve Ellison

David Firth

Michael Friendly

Gregor Gorjanc

Spencer Graves

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Rafael Laboissiere

Georges Monette

Duncan Murdoch

Henric Nilsson

Derek Ogle

Brian Ripley

William Venables

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States function

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>region</dt><dd>U. S. Census regions.
 A factor with levels:
 <code>ENC</code>, East North Central;
 <code>ESC</code>, East South Central;
 <code>MA</code>, Mid-Atlantic;
 <code>MTN</code>, Mountain; 
 <code>NE</code>, New England;
 <code>PAC</code>, Pacific; 
 <code>SA</code>, South Atlantic;
 <code>WNC</code>, West North Central; 
 <code>WSC</code>, West South Central.</dd>
 <dt>pop</dt><dd>Population: in 1,000s.</dd>
 <dt>SATV</dt><dd>Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the state on the verbal component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude Test 
 (a standard university admission exam).</dd>
 <dt>SATM</dt><dd>Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the state on the math component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude Test.</dd>
 <dt>percent</dt><dd>Percentage of graduating high-school 
 students in the state who took the SAT exam.</dd>
 <dt>dollars</dt><dd>State spending on public education, 
 in \$1000s per student.</dd>
 <dt>pay</dt><dd>Average teacher's salary in the state, 
 in $1000s.</dd>
 </dl>

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Education and Related Statistics for the U.S. States — States

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>region</dt><dd>U. S. Census regions.
 A factor with levels:
 <code>ENC</code>, East North Central;
 <code>ESC</code>, East South Central;
 <code>MA</code>, Mid-Atlantic;
 <code>MTN</code>, Mountain; 
 <code>NE</code>, New England;
 <code>PAC</code>, Pacific; 
 <code>SA</code>, South Atlantic;
 <code>WNC</code>, West North Central; 
 <code>WSC</code>, West South Central.</dd>
 <dt>pop</dt><dd>Population: in 1,000s.</dd>
 <dt>SATV</dt><dd>Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the state on the verbal component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude Test 
 (a standard university admission exam).</dd>
 <dt>SATM</dt><dd>Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the state on the math component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude Test.</dd>
 <dt>percent</dt><dd>Percentage of graduating high-school 
 students in the state who took the SAT exam.</dd>
 <dt>dollars</dt><dd>State spending on public education, 
 in \$1000s per student.</dd>
 <dt>pay</dt><dd>Average teacher's salary in the state, 
 in $1000s.</dd>
 </dl>

Education and Related Statistics for the U.S. States

States: Education and Related Statistics for the U.S. States

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