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School expenditure and test scores from USA in 1994-95
Description
The sat
data frame has 50 rows and 7 columns.
Data were collected to study the relationship between expenditures
on public education and test results.
Usage
data(sat)
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
expend
- Current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance
in public elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in
thousands of dollars)
ratio
- Average pupil/teacher ratio in public elementary and
secondary schools, Fall 1994
salary
- Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public
elementary and secondary schools, 1994-95 (in thousands
of dollars)
takers
- Percentage of all eligible students taking the SAT, 1994-95
verbal
- Average verbal SAT score, 1994-95
math
- Average math SAT score, 1994-95
total
- Average total score on the SAT, 1994-95
Source
"Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public
School Expenditures"
D. Guber, Journal of Statistics Education, 1999
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