schooldays               package:HSAUR               R Documentation

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

     Data from a sociological study, the number of days absent from
     school is the response variable.

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

     data("schooldays")

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

     A data frame with 154 observations on the following 5 variables.

     '_r_a_c_e' race of the child, a factor with levels  'aboriginal' and
          'non-aboriginal'.

     '_s_e_x' the sex of the child, a factor with levels  'female' and
          'male'.

     '_s_c_h_o_o_l' the school type, a factor with levels  'F0' (primary),
          'F1' (first), 'F2' (second) and   'F3' (third form).

     '_l_e_a_r_n_e_r' how good is the child in learning things,  a factor with
          levels 'average' and 'slow'.

     '_a_b_s_e_n_t' number of days absent from school.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The data arise from a sociological study of Australian Aboriginal
     and white children reported by Quine (1975).

     In this study, children of both sexes from four age groups (final
     grade in primary schools and first, second and third form   in
     secondary school) and from two cultural groups were used. The
     children in age group were classified as slow or average 
     learners. The response variable was the number of days absent   
     from school during the school year. (Children who had suffered a
     serious illness during the years were excluded.)

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

     S. Quine (1975), Achievement Orientation of Aboriginal and White
     Adolescents. Doctoral Dissertation,  Australian National
     University, Canberra.

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

       data("schooldays", package = "HSAUR")
       plot.design(schooldays)

