Mums {gamlss.data} | R Documentation |
Mothers encouragement for participation in Higher Education. The response variable is mums
a three level factor
which can be used in a multinomial Logistic model or mumsB a two level factor suitable for binary logistic model.
data(Mums)
A data frame with 871 observations on the following 7 variables.
1
is for strong encouragement,
2
is for some encouragement and
3
for no encouragement/discouragement1
is C1, 2
is C2, 3
is D and 4
is E1
is 16-18, 2
is 19-20 and 3
is 20-301
is male and 2
is female1
is white, 2
is black, 3
is asian and 4
is other1
is greater or equal to 2 A levels,
2
is HND or more than 5 GCSE's,
3
is less than 5 GSCSE's ar none above and
4
no formal qualification0
is no encouragement or some encouragement 1
is for strong encouragementThe data were collected as part of the Social Class and widening Participation in Higher Education Project based at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and supported by the University's Development and Diversity Fund over the period 1998-2000.
Professor Robert Gilchrist director of STORM at London Metropolitan
Collier T., Gilchrist R. and Phillips D. (2003), Who Plans to Go to University? Statistical Modelling of potential Working-Class Participants, Education Research and Evaluation, Vol 9, No 3, pp 239-263.
data(Mums) MM<-xtabs(~mums+qual, data=Mums) mosaicplot(MM, color=TRUE) MM<-xtabs(~mums+ethn+gender, data=Mums) mosaicplot(MM, color=TRUE)