This dataset comes from a study to evaluate the reliability of the Foreign Lanuage Attitude Scale, an instrument for predicting success in the study or foreign languages (Raymond and Roberts, 1983). The questionnaire was given to 279 students enrolled in four different language courses (French, German, Spanish, Russian) at Penn State University. This dataset includes FLAS score, final grade in the course, and other variables for predicting achievement. These data were analyzed by Schafer (1997, Chap. 6).
data(flas)a data frame with 279 rows and 14 variables:
LAN21=Spanish, 0=other.
LAN31=German, 0=other.
LAN41=Russian, 0=other.
AGEage group (1=less than 20, 2=20+).
PRInumber of prior foreign language courses (1=none, 2=1-2, 3=3+).
SEX0=male, 1=female
MLATModern Language Aptitude Test
FLASForeign Language Attitude Scale
SATVScholastic Aptitude Test, verbal score
SATMScholastic Aptitude Test, math score
ENGscore on Penn State English placement exam
HGPAhigh school grade point average
CGPAcurrent college grade point average
GRDfinal grade in foreign language course (1=B or lower, 2=A)
Raymond, M.R. and Roberts, D.M. (1983) Development and validation of a foreign language attitude scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 43, 1239-1246.
For example analyses of this dataset using functions in
the norm2 package, see the manual NORM Package for R, Version 2
in the library subdirectory doc.