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Elementary School Teacher Workload Data

Selected variables from a study on elementary school teacher workload in Maricopa County, Arizona. data

Format

data frame with the following 6 variables:

• dist: school district size; factor with levels large and me/sm (medium/small)
• school: school identifier
• hrwork: number of hours required to work at school per week
• size: class size
• preprmin: minutes spent per week in school on preparation
• assist: minutes per week that a teacher's aide works with the teacher in the classroom

Source

Data courtesy of Rita Gnap (1995).

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Note

The study is described in Exercise 16 of Chapter 15. The psu sizes are given in teachmi. The large stratum had 245 schools; the small/medium stratum had 66 schools.

References

Gnap, R. (1995). Teacher load in Arizona elementary school districts in Maricopa County. Ph.D. diss., Arizona State University

Lohr (1999). Sampling: Design and Analysis, Duxbury, p. TODO and 446.