R: A subset of data from the 1982 High School and Beyond survey...
hsb
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A subset of data from the 1982 High School and Beyond survey used as examples for HLM software
Description
A key example dataset used for examples in the HLM software manual.
Included here for use in replicating HLM analyses in R.
Usage
hsb
Format
A data frame with 7,185 observations on the following 8 variables.
schid
a numeric vector, 160 unique values
mathach
a numeric vector for the performance on a standardized math assessment
female
a numeric vector coded 0 for male and 1 for female
ses
a numeric measure of student socio-economic status
minority
a numeric vector coded 0 for white and 1 for non-white students
schtype
a numeric vector coded 0 for public and 1 for private schools
meanses
a numeric, the average SES for each school in the data set
size
a numeric for the number of students in the school
Details
The data file used for this presentation is a subsample from the
1982 High School and Beyond Survey and is used extensively in
Hierarchical Linear Models by Raudenbush and Bryk. It consists of 7,185 students
nested in 160 schools.