% DASL file http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/DRPScores.html % % Improving Reading Ability % % Reference: Moore, David S., and George P. McCabe (1989). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. Original source: Schmitt, Maribeth C., The Effects on an Elaborated Directed Reading Activity on the Metacomprehension Skills of Third Graders, Ph.D. dissertaion, Purdue University, 1987. % Authorization: % Description: Results of an experiment to test whether directed reading activities in the classroom help elementary school students improve aspects of their reading ability. A treatment class of 21 third-grade students participated in these activities for eight weeks, and a control class of 23 third-graders followed the same curriculum without the activities. After the eight-week period, students in both classes took a Degree of Reading Power (DRP) test which measures the aspects of reading ability that the treatment is designed to improve. % Number of cases: 44 % Variable Names: % % Treatment: Whether student participated in activities (treated) or not (control) % Response: Score on Degree of Reading Power test % @RELATION relation @ATTRIBUTE 'Treatment' {"Control","Treated"} @ATTRIBUTE 'Response' numeric @DATA 'Treated',24 'Treated',43 'Treated',58 'Treated',71 'Treated',43 'Treated',49 'Treated',61 'Treated',44 'Treated',67 'Treated',49 'Treated',53 'Treated',56 'Treated',59 'Treated',52 'Treated',62 'Treated',54 'Treated',57 'Treated',33 'Treated',46 'Treated',43 'Treated',57 'Control',42 'Control',43 'Control',55 'Control',26 'Control',62 'Control',37 'Control',33 'Control',41 'Control',19 'Control',54 'Control',20 'Control',85 'Control',46 'Control',10 'Control',17 'Control',60 'Control',53 'Control',42 'Control',37 'Control',42 'Control',55 'Control',28 'Control',48