States {car}R Documentation

Education and Related Statistics for the U.S. States

Description

The States data frame has 51 rows and 8 columns. The observations are the U. S. states and Washington, D. C.

Usage

States

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

region
U. S. Census regions. A factor with levels: ENC, East North Central; ESC, East South Central; MA, Mid-Atlantic; MTN, Mountain; NE, New England; PAC, Pacific; SA, South Atlantic; WNC, West North Central; WSC, West South Central.
pop
Population: in 1,000s.
SATV
Average score of graduating high-school students in the state on the verbal component of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (a standard university admission exam).
SATM
Average score of graduating high-school students in the state on the math component of the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
percent
Percentage of graduating high-school students in the state who took the SAT exam.
dollars
State spending on public education, in $1000s per student.
pay
Average teacher's salary in the state, in $1000s.

Source

United States (1992) Statistical Abstract of the United States. Bureau of the Census.

References

Moore, D. (1995) The Basic Practice of Statistics. Freeman [Table 2.1].


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