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    High School and Beyond Data Set

    The high school and Beyond data set (hsb) is from a large-scale longitudinal study
    conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (1980) under contract with the
    National Center for Education Statistcs. The students in the study are a nationally
    representative sample of n = 600 high school seniors with observations on 15 variables.

    The data are in a file named “hsb.dat”, which will be made available to you. In this file,
    there are 600 lines (one for each subject) and 15 columns (one for each variables). Brief
    descriptions of the variables in the order in which they are in the file are given below.

    Variable Variable
    Number Name Variable Label Coded Responses

    1 ID Student identification number (3-digit consecutive numbers)

    2 SEX Sex 1 = Male


    2 = Female

    3 RACE Race or ethnicity 1= Hispanic


    2= Asian
    3= Black
    4= White

    4 SES Socioeconomic status 1 = Low


    2 = Medium
    3 = High

    5 SCTYP School type 1 = Public


    2 = Private

    6 HSP High school program 1 = General


    2 = Academic preparatory
    3 = Vocational/technical

    1
    Variable Variable
    Number Name Variable Label Coded Responses

    7 LOCUS Locus of control Standardized to mean 0 & SD of 1

    8 CONCPT Self-concept Standardized to mean 0 & SD of 1

    9 MOT Motivation Average of 3 motivation items

    10 CAR Career choice 1 = Clerical


    2 = Craftsman
    3 = Farmer
    4 = Homemaker
    5 = Laborer
    6 = Manager
    7 = Military
    8 = Operative
    9 = Professional 11
    10 = Professional 22
    11 = Proprietor
    12 = Protective
    13 = Sales
    14 = School
    15 = Service
    16 = Technical
    17 = Not working

    11 RDG Reading T-score standardized to mean 50 and SD 10

    12 WRTG Writing T-score standardized to mean 50 and SD 10

    13 MATH Math T-score standardized to mean 50 and SD 10

    14 SCI Science T-score standardized to mean 50 and SD 10

    15 CIV Civics T-score standardized to mean 50 and SD 10

    1 accountant, nurse, engineer, librarian, writer, social worker, athlete, politician, etc.

    2 clergyman, dentist, physician, lawyer, scientist, college teacher, etc.

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