ex1320: Gender Differences in Performance on Mathematics Achievement Tests
Description
Data set on 861 ACT Assessment Mathematics Usage Test scores from
1987. The test was given to a sample of high school seniors who met
one of three profiles of high school mathematics course work: (a)
Algebra I only; (b) two Algebra courses and Geometry; and (c) two
Algebra courses, Geometry, Trigonometry, Advanced Mathematics and
Beginning Calculus. These data were generated from summary statistics for one particular
form of the test as reported by Doolittle (1989).
source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.References
Doolittle, A.E. (1989). Gender Differences in Performance on
Mathematics Achievement Items, Applied Measurement in Education
2(2): 161--177.