blauduncan                package:SIN                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Sample of 20,700 subjects for which 5 variables are measured:

       V  :  Father's educational attainment,
       X  :  Father's occupational status,
       U  :  educational attainment,
       W  :  Status of first-job,
       Y  :  Status of occupation in 1962.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(blauduncan)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A list providing a summary of the data. The list contains:

       'blauduncan$means'   :  the mean vector,
       'blauduncan$stddev'  :  the vector of standard deviations,
       'blauduncan$corr'    :  the correlation matrix, and
       'blauduncan$n'       :  the sample size.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Blau, P. & Duncan, O. (1967) _The American Occupational
     Structure_. New York: Wiley. (See p.13 and p.169).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Spirtes, P., Glymour, C. & Scheines, R.  (2000) _Causation,
     Prediction, and Search_. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
     (See pp.105-108).

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(blauduncan)
     blauduncan$means
     blauduncan$stddev
     blauduncan$corr
     blauduncan$n

