Caschool                package:Ecdat                R Documentation

_T_h_e _C_a_l_i_f_o_r_n_i_a _T_e_s_t _S_c_o_r_e _D_a_t_a _S_e_t

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

     a cross-section from 1998-1999

     _number of observations_ :  420

     _observation_ :  schools

     _country_ :  United States

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

     data(Caschool)

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

     A dataframe containing :

     _d_i_s_t_c_o_d disctric code

     _c_o_u_n_t_y county

     _d_i_s_t_r_i_c_t district

     _g_r_s_p_a_n grade span of district

     _e_n_r_l_t_o_t total enrollment

     _t_e_a_c_h_e_r_s number of teachers

     _c_a_l_w_p_c_t percent qualifying for CalWorks

     _m_e_a_l_p_c_t percent qualifying for reduced-price lunch

     _c_o_m_p_u_t_e_r number of computers

     _t_e_s_t_s_c_r average test score (read.scr+math.scr)/2

     _c_o_m_p_s_t_u computer per student

     _e_x_p_n_s_t_u expenditure per student

     _s_t_r student teacher ratio

     _a_v_g_i_n_c district average income

     _e_l_p_c_t percent of English learners

     _r_e_a_d_s_c_r average reading score

     _m_a_t_h_s_c_r average math score

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

     California Department of Education <URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov>.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Stock, James H.  and  Mark W.  Watson (2003) _Introduction to
     Econometrics_, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, <URL:
     http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1>.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations'

