States                  package:car                  R Documentation

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

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

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


     data(States)

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _r_e_g_i_o_n 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. 
 

     _p_o_p Population: in 1,000s.
 

     _S_A_T_V Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the
          state on the verbal component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude
          Test 
 (a standard university admission exam).
 

     _S_A_T_M Average score of graduating high-school 
 students in the
          state on the math component of the 
 Scholastic Aptitude
          Test.
 

     _p_e_r_c_e_n_t Percentage of graduating high-school 
 students in the
          state who took the SAT exam.
 

     _d_o_l_l_a_r_s State spending on public education, 
 in $1000s per
          student.
 

     _p_a_y Average teacher's salary in the state, 
 in $1000s.
 

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

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

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

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

