Absenteeism from School in Rural New South Wales

SUMMARY:

The quine data frame has 146 rows and 5 columns. Children from Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, were classified by Culture, Age, Sex and Learner status and the number of days absent from school in a particular school year was recorded.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

This data frame contains the following columns:

ARGUMENTS:

Eth
Ethnic background: Aboriginal or Not, ( "A" or "N").
Sex
Sex factor: ( "F" or "M").
Age
Age group: Primary ( "F0"), or forms "F1," "F2" or "F3".
Lrn
Learner status factor: Average or Slow learner, ( "AL" or "SL").
Days
Days absent from school in the year.

SOURCE:

S. Quine, quoted in Aitkin, M. (1978) The analysis of unbalanced cross classifications (with discussion). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A 141, 195-223.