HS.data: Complete Data Set of Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) Study

Description

The complete data set of scores of 301 subjects in 26 tests in Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) study.

Usage

data(HS.data)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 301 observations on the following 32 variables.

id: subject's ID number
Gender: subject's gender
grade: the grade the subject is in
agey: the year part of the subject's age
agem: the month part of the subject's age
school: the school the subject is from
visual: scores on visual perception test, test 1
cubes: scores on cubes test, test 2
paper: scores on paper form board test, test 3
flags: scores on lozenges test, test 4
general: scores on general information test, test 5
paragrap: scores on paragraph comprehension test, test 6
sentence: scores on sentence completion test, test 7
wordc: scores on word classification test, test 8
wordm: scores on word meaning test, test 9
addition: scores on add test, test 10
code: scores on code test, test 11
counting: scores on counting groups of dots test, test 12
straight: scores on straight and curved capitals test, test 13
wordr: scores on word recognition test, test 14
numberr: scores on number recognition test, test 15
figurer: scores on figure recognition test, test 16
object: scores on object-number test, test 17
numberf: scores on number-figure test, test 18
figurew: scores on figure-word test, test 19
deduct: scores on deduction test, test 20
numeric: scores on numerical puzzles test, test 21
problemr: scores on problem reasoning test, test 22
series: scores on series completion test, test 23
arithmet: scores on Woody-McCall mixed fundamentals, form I test, test 24
paperrev: scores on additional paper form board test, test 25
flagssub: scores on flags test, test 26

Details

Holzinger and Swineford (1939) data is widely cited, but generally only the Grant-White School data is used. The present dataset contains the complete data of Holzinger and Swineford (1939).

A total number of 301 pupils from Paster School and Grant-White School participated in Holzinger and Swineford's (1939) study. This study consists of 26 tests, which are used to measure the subjects' spatial, verbal, mental speed, memory, and mathematical ability.

The spatial tests consist of visual, cubes, paper, flags, paperrev, and flagssub. The test 25, paper form board test (paperrev), can be used as a subsitute for test 3, paper form board test (paper). The test 26, flags test (flagssub), is a possible substitute for test 4, lozenges test (flags).

The verbal tests consist of general, paragrap, sentence, wordc, and wordm.

The speed tests consist of addition, code, counting, and straight.

The memory tests consist of wordr, numberr, figurer, object, numberf, and figurew.

The mathematical-ability tests consist of deduct, numeric, problemr, series, and arithmet.

References

Holzinger, K. J. and Swineford, F. A. (1939). A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bi-factor solution. Supplementary Education Monographs, 48. University of Chicago.