States                  package:car                  R Documentation

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

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

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

     data(States)

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _r_e_g_i_o_n U. S. Census regions. A factor with levels: 'ENC', East
          North Central; 'ESC', East South Central; 'MA', Mid-Atlantic;
          'MTN', Mountain;  'NE', New England; 'PAC', Pacific;  'SA',
          South Atlantic; 'WNC', West North Central;  'WSC', West South
          Central. 

     _p_o_p Population: in 1,000s.

     _S_A_T_V Average score of graduating high-school  students in the
          state on the _verbal_ component of the  Scholastic Aptitude
          Test  (a standard university admission exam).

     _S_A_T_M Average score of graduating high-school  students in the
          state on the _math_ component of the  Scholastic Aptitude
          Test.

     _p_e_r_c_e_n_t Percentage of graduating high-school  students in the
          state who took the SAT exam.

     _d_o_l_l_a_r_s State spending on public education,  in $1000s per
          student.

     _p_a_y Average teacher's salary in the state,  in $1000s.

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

     United States (1992) _Statistical Abstract of the United States._
     Bureau of the Census.

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

     Moore, D. (1995) _The Basic Practice of Statistics_. Freeman
     [Table 2.1].

