% DASL file http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/ReadingTestScores.html % % Reading Comprehension % % Reference: Moore, David S., and George P. McCabe (1989). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. Original source: study conducted by Jim Baumann and Leah Jones of the Purdue University Education Department. % Authorization: % Description: Data from a study of the effect of three different methods of instruction on reading comprehension in children. Participants were given a reading comprehension test before and after receiving the instruction. % Number of cases: 66 % Variable Names: % % Subject: Subject number % Group: Type of instruction that student received (Basal, DRTA, or Strat) % PRE1: Pretest score on first reading comprehension measure % PRE2: Pretest score on second reading comprehension measure % POST1: Posttest score on first reading comprehension measure % POST2: Posttest score on second reading comprehension measure % POST3: Posttest score on third reading comprehension measure % @RELATION relation @ATTRIBUTE 'Subject' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'Group' {"Basal","DRTA","Strat"} @ATTRIBUTE 'PRE1' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'PRE2' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'POST1' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'POST2' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'POST3' numeric @DATA 1,'Basal',4,3,5,4,41 2,'Basal',6,5,9,5,41 3,'Basal',9,4,5,3,43 4,'Basal',12,6,8,5,46 5,'Basal',16,5,10,9,46 6,'Basal',15,13,9,8,45 7,'Basal',14,8,12,5,45 8,'Basal',12,7,5,5,32 9,'Basal',12,3,8,7,33 10,'Basal',8,8,7,7,39 11,'Basal',13,7,12,4,42 12,'Basal',9,2,4,4,45 13,'Basal',12,5,4,6,39 14,'Basal',12,2,8,8,44 15,'Basal',12,2,6,4,36 16,'Basal',10,10,9,10,49 17,'Basal',8,5,3,3,40 18,'Basal',12,5,5,5,35 19,'Basal',11,3,4,5,36 20,'Basal',8,4,2,3,40 21,'Basal',7,3,5,4,54 22,'Basal',9,6,7,8,32 23,'DRTA',7,2,7,6,31 24,'DRTA',7,6,5,6,40 25,'DRTA',12,4,13,3,48 26,'DRTA',10,1,5,7,30 27,'DRTA',16,8,14,7,42 28,'DRTA',15,7,14,6,48 29,'DRTA',9,6,10,9,49 30,'DRTA',8,7,13,5,53 31,'DRTA',13,7,12,7,48 32,'DRTA',12,8,11,6,43 33,'DRTA',7,6,8,5,55 34,'DRTA',6,2,7,0,55 35,'DRTA',8,4,10,6,57 36,'DRTA',9,6,8,6,53 37,'DRTA',9,4,8,7,37 38,'DRTA',8,4,10,11,50 39,'DRTA',9,5,12,6,54 40,'DRTA',13,6,10,6,41 41,'DRTA',10,2,11,6,49 42,'DRTA',8,6,7,8,47 43,'DRTA',8,5,8,8,49 44,'DRTA',10,6,12,6,49 45,'Strat',11,7,11,12,53 46,'Strat',7,6,4,8,47 47,'Strat',4,6,4,10,41 48,'Strat',7,2,4,4,49 49,'Strat',7,6,3,9,43 50,'Strat',6,5,8,5,45 51,'Strat',11,5,12,8,50 52,'Strat',14,6,14,12,48 53,'Strat',13,6,12,11,49 54,'Strat',9,5,7,11,42 55,'Strat',12,3,5,10,38 56,'Strat',13,9,9,9,42 57,'Strat',4,6,1,10,34 58,'Strat',13,8,13,1,48 59,'Strat',6,4,7,9,51 60,'Strat',12,3,5,13,33 61,'Strat',6,6,7,9,44 62,'Strat',11,4,11,7,48 63,'Strat',14,4,15,7,49 64,'Strat',8,2,9,5,33 65,'Strat',5,3,6,8,45 66,'Strat',8,3,4,6,42