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Fingers.messy: Data from introductory statistics students at a university.

Description

Students at a university taking an introductory statistics course were asked to complete this survey as part of their homework.

Usage

Fingers.messy

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 210 observations on the following 16 variables.

Sex

Sex of participant: 1=female, 2=male, 3=prefer not to answer

RaceEthnic

Racial or ethnic background: 1=White, 2=African American, 3=Asian, 4=Latino, 5=Other

FamilyMembers

Members of immediate family (excluding self).

SSLast

Last digit of social security number (NA if no SSN).

Year

Year in school.

Job

Current employment status.

MathAnxious

Agreement with this statement "In general I tend to feel very anxious about mathematics."

Interest

Interest in statistics and the course.

GradePredict

Prediction for final grade in the course from the university's grade points per unit.

Thumb

Length in mm from tip of thumb to the crease between the thumb and palm.

Index

Length in mm from tip of index finger to the crease between the index finger and palm.

Middle

Length in mm from tip of middle finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.

Ring

Length in mm from tip of ring finger to the crease between the middle finger and palm.

Pinkie

Length in mm from tip of pinkie finger to the crease between the pinkie finger and palm

Height

Height in inches.

Weight

Weight in pounds.