survey {MASS}R Documentation

Student Survey Data

Description

This data frame contains the responses of 237 Statistics I students at the University of Adelaide to a number of questions.

Usage

data(survey)

Format

The components of the data frame are:

Sex
The sex of the student. (Factor with levels "Male" and "Female".)
Wr.Hnd
The span (distance from tip of thumb to tip of little finger of spread hand) of writing hand, in centimetres.
NW.Hnd
Span of non-writing hand
W.Hnd
Writing hand of student. (Factor, with levels "Left" and "Right".)
Fold
“Fold your arms! Which is on top” (Factor, with levels "R on L", "L on R", "Neither".)
Pulse
Pulse rate of student (beats per minute.)
Clap
‘Clap your hands! Which hand is on top?’ (Factor, with levels "Right", "Left", "Neither".)
Exer
How often the student exercises. (Factor, with levels "Freq" (frequently), "Some", "None")
Smoke
How much the student smokes. (Factor, levels "Heavy", "Regul" (regularly), "Occas" (occasionally), "Never".)
Height
The height of the student, in centimetres.
M.I
Indicates whether the student expressed height in imperial (feet/inches) or metric (centimetres/metres) units. (Factor, levels "Metric", "Imperial".)
Age
Age of the student, in years.

References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999) Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS. Third Edition. Springer.


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