bdf dataset

Language Scores of 8-Graders in The Netherlands

Language Scores of 8-Graders in The Netherlands

The bdf data frame has 2287 rows and 25 columns of language scores from grade 8 pupils in elementary schools in The Netherlands.

data

data(bdf)

Format

  • schoolNR: a factor denoting the school.
  • pupilNR: a factor denoting the pupil.
  • IQ.verb: a numeric vector of verbal IQ scores
  • IQ.perf: a numeric vector of IQ scores.
  • sex: Sex of the student.
  • Minority: a factor indicating if the student is a member of a minority group.
  • repeatgr: an ordered factor indicating if one or more grades have been repeated.
  • aritPRET: a numeric vector
  • classNR: a numeric vector
  • aritPOST: a numeric vector
  • langPRET: a numeric vector
  • langPOST: a numeric vector
  • ses: a numeric vector of socioeconomic status indicators.
  • denomina: a factor indicating of the school is a public school, a Protestant private school, a Catholic private school, or a non-denominational private school.
  • schoolSES: a numeric vector
  • satiprin: a numeric vector
  • natitest: a factor with levels 0 and 1
  • meetings: a numeric vector
  • currmeet: a numeric vector
  • mixedgra: a factor indicating if the class is a mixed-grade class.
  • percmino: a numeric vector
  • aritdiff: a numeric vector
  • homework: a numeric vector
  • classsiz: a numeric vector
  • groupsiz: a numeric vector

References

Snijders, Tom and Bosker, Roel (1999) Multilevel Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Multilevel Modeling, Sage.

Examples

summary(bdf)
  • Maintainer: Steve Walker
  • License: GPL (>= 2)
  • Last published: 2020-04-05

About the dataset

  • Number of rows: 2287
  • Number of columns: 28
  • Class: data.frame

Column names and types (First 10)

  • schoolNR:factor
  • pupilNR:factor
  • IQ.verb:numeric
  • IQ.perf:numeric
  • sex:factor
  • Minority:factor
  • repeatgr:factor
  • aritPRET:numeric
  • classNR:numeric
  • aritPOST:numeric