star5.def

absent aide black boy freelunch id mathscore readscore regular schid schrural schurban small
       tchexper tchid tchmasters tchwhite totalscore white_asian
              
  
  Obs:   5786 observations

absent          days absent
aide            =1 if regular class with aide
black           =1 if black student, otherwise 0
boy             =1 if male student, 0=female
freelunch       =1 if free lunch provided, otherwise 0
id              student id
mathscore       math score
readscore       reading score
regular         =1 if regular class, otherwise 0
schid           school id
schrural        =1 if school rural, otherwise 0
schurban        =1 if school urban or inner city, othewise 0
small           =1 if small class, othewise 0
tchexper        teacher years of experience
tchid           teacher id
tchmasters      =1 if teacher has masters degree, othewise 0
tchwhite        =1 if teacher white, otherwise 0
totalscore      combined math and reading score
white_asian     =1 if student white or asian, otherwise 0
           
Data source: http://www.heros-inc.org/star.htm 



    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      absent |      5765    10.27511     9.27064          0         79
        aide |      5786    .3530937    .4779728          0          1
       black |      5786    .3209471    .4668809          0          1
         boy |      5786    .5134808    .4998614          0          1
   freelunch |      5786    .4816799    .4997074          0          1
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
          id |      5786    15593.06    2694.317      10133      21580
   mathscore |      5786     485.599    47.69394        320        626
   readscore |      5786    436.7297    31.71347        315        627
     regular |      5786    .3465261    .4759043          0          1
       schid |      5786    211001.8    38381.93     112038     264945
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
    schrural |      5786    .4709644    .4991994          0          1
    schurban |      5786    .3128241    .4636834          0          1
       small |      5786    .3003802    .4584629          0          1
    tchexper |      5766    9.306452    5.767684          0         27
       tchid |      5786    2.11e+07     3838193   1.12e+07   2.65e+07
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
  tchmasters |      5786     .351711    .4775456          0          1
    tchwhite |      5786    .8354649    .3707925          0          1
  totalscore |      5786    922.3287     73.7466        635       1253
 white_asian |      5786    .6766333    .4678018          0          1


             
