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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