sesamesim {bain}R Documentation

Simulated Sesame Street Data

Description

A simulated data set inspired by the Sesame Street data set from: Stevens, J. P. (1996). Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Usage

data(sesamesim)

Format

A data frame with 240 rows and 9 variables.

Details

The number knowledge of children is measured before watching Sesame Street, after one year, and a follow up measurement after two years.

sex

Sex of the child; 1 = boy, 2 = girl

site

Site of the child's origin; 1 = disadvantaged inner city, 2 = advantaged suburban , 3 = advantaged rural, 4 = disadvantaged rural, 5 = disadvantaged Spanish speaking

setting

Setting in which the child watches Sesame Street; 1 = at home, 2 = at school

age

Age of the child in months

viewenc

Whether or not the child is encouraged to watch Sesame Street; 0 = no, 1 = yes

peabody

Peabody mental age score of the child; the higher the score the higher the mental age

prenumn

score on a numbers test before watching Sesame Street for a year

postnumb

score on a numbers test after watching Sesame Street for a year

funumb

follow up numbers test score measured one year after postnumb


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