minn38R Documentation

Minnesota High School Graduates of 1938

Description

The Minnesota high school graduates of 1938 were classified according to four factors, described below. The minn38 data frame has 168 rows and 5 columns.

Usage

minn38

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

hs

high school rank: "L", "M" and "U" for lower, middle and upper third.

phs

post high school status: Enrolled in college, ("C"), enrolled in non-collegiate school, ("N"), employed full-time, ("E") and other, ("O").

fol

father's occupational level, (seven levels, "F1", "F2", ..., "F7").

sex

sex: factor with levels"F" or "M".

f

frequency.

Source

From R. L. Plackett, (1974) The Analysis of Categorical Data. London: Griffin

who quotes the data from

Hoyt, C. J., Krishnaiah, P. R. and Torrance, E. P. (1959) Analysis of complex contingency tables, J. Exp. Ed. 27, 187–194.