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