balance               package:depmixS4               R Documentation

_B_a_l_a_n_c_e _S_c_a_l_e _D_a_t_a

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

     Balance scale data of four distance items from 779 subjects;
     participants' ages are included.

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

     data(balance)

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

     A data frame with 779 observations on the following variables.


     '_s_e_x' Participants' sex.

     '_a_g_e_d_a_y_s' Age in days.

     '_a_g_e' Age in years.

     '_t_1' Trichotomously scored distance item.

     '_t_2' Trichotomously scored distance item.

     '_t_3' Trichotomously scored distance item.

     '_t_4' Trichotomously scored distance item.

     '_d_1' Dichotomously scored distance item.

     '_d_2' Dichotomously scored distance item.

     '_d_3' Dichotomously scored distance item.

     '_d_4' Dichotomously scored distance item.

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

     Brenda Jansen (2001),_Development of reasoning on the balance
     scale task: Psychometric assessment of cognitive strategies_.  PhD
     thesis, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology.

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

     data(balance)

