Data Set Variables

Gifted

An investigator is interested in understanding the relationship, if any,

between the analytical skills of young gifted children and the variables
listed below. The analytical skills are evaluated using a standard
testing procedure and the score on that test is included in the dataset.
Data were collected from schools in a large city on a set of 36 children
who were identified as gifted children soon after they reached the age
of four.

Variable Description Variable Normal or

Name in Data Type Level of Not
Set Measurement
Cartoons Average number of Ratio Normal
hours per week the child
watched cartoons on TV
during the
past three months
Count Age in months Interval Normal
when the child first
counted to ten
successfully
Edutv Average number of Ratio Normal
hours per week the child
watched an educational
program on
TV during the past three
months
Fatheriq Father’s IQ Interval Normal
Motheriq Mother’s IQ Interval Normal
Read Average number of Ratio Normal
hours per week the child’s
mother or father reads to
the child
Score The score in test of Ratio Normal
analytical skills.
Speak Age in months Interval Normal
when the child first said
“mummy” or “daddy.”
Births This is a random sample of 1000 births in North Carolina in 2004.

Variable Description Variable Type Normal or Not

Name in Data Level of
Set Measurement
Fage The father’s age Ratio Normal
Fageord Father’s age groups. Ordinal Not Normal
This is not in the
original dataset and was
added via recoding.

Gained The mother’s weight Ratio Normal

gain, in pounds
Gainedord Weight gained groups. Ordinal Not Normal
This is not in the
original dataset and was
added via recoding.
Gender The gender of the baby Nominal Not Normal
Habit Whether the mother Nominal Not Normal
was a smoker
Lowbirthweight Whether the baby had a Nominal Not Normal
low birth weight
Mage The mother’s age Ratio Normal
Mageord Mother’s age groups. Ordinal Not Normal
This is not in the
original dataset and was
added via recoding.
Marital Whether the mother Nominal Not Normal
was married
Mature The mother’s maturity Nominal Not Normal
status
Premie Whether the baby was Nominal Not Normal
premature
Visits The number of hospital Interval Normal
visits made by the
mother
Weeks Length of pregnancy, Interval Normal, but the skew and
in weeks. kurtosis are very poor so
the data may be better
treated as not
normal.
Weight Birth weight of the Ratio Normal
baby, in pounds
Whitemom Whether the mother Nominal Not Normal
was white
Hypothetical Data Set from Rubin Book

Variable Description Variable Type Level of

Name in Measurement
Data Set
gender Gender Nominal
ethnic Ethnicity Nominal
age Age Ratio
Trauma # of traumas
experienced Interval
Group Treatment group Nominal
SBI # of serious behavioral
incidents Interval
Campus Earned off-campus
privileges? Nominal
Cottage Cottage Nominal
Postsum Posttest score on
Trauma Symptoms Scale Interval
Presum Pretest score on Trauma
Symptoms Scale Interval
Change Change score on Trauma
symptoms Scale from
pretest to posttest Interval
Campus2 Earned off-campus
privileges post-
treatment? Nominal
Qual Quality of therapist client
relationship Interval
Cancel # of canceled therapy
appointments Interval