R Dataset / Package Stat2Data / MathPlacement
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the MathPlacement data set which pertains to Math Placement. The MathPlacement data set is found in the Stat2Data R package. You can load the MathPlacement data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("MathPlacement"). This will load the data into a variable called MathPlacement. If R says the MathPlacement data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("Stat2Data") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the MathPlacement R data set. The size of this file is about 136,681 bytes.
Math Placement
Description
Results from a Math Placement exam at a liberal arts college
Format
A dataset with 2696 observations on the following 16 variables.
Student | Identification number for each student |
Gender | 0=Female, 1=Male |
PSATM | PSAT score in MAth |
SATM | SAT score in Math |
ACTM | ACT Score in Math |
Rank | Adjusted rank in HS class |
Size | Number of students in HS class |
GPAadj | Adjusted GPA |
PlcmtScore | Score on math placement exam |
Recommends | Recommended course: R0 R01 R1 R12 R2 R3 R4 R6 R8 |
Course | Actual course taken |
Grade | Course grade |
RecTaken | 1=recommended course, 0=otherwise |
TooHigh | 1=took course above recommended, 0=otherwise |
TooLow | 1=took course below recommended, 0=otherwise |
CourseSuccess | 1=B or better grade, 0=grade below B |
Details
Scores and course results for students taking a math placement exam at a college.
Source
Personal correspondence
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.