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The Massashusets Test Score Data Set
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Description
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a cross-section from 1997-1998

*number of observations* : 220

*observation* : schools

*country* : United States

Usage
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::

    data(MCAS)

Format
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A dataframe containing :

code
    district code (numerical)

municipa
    municipality (name)

district
    district name

regday
    spending per pupil, regular

specneed
    spending per pupil, special needs

bilingua
    spending per pupil, bilingual

occupday
    spending per pupil, occupational

totday
    spending per pupil, total

spc
    students per computer

speced
    special education students

lnchpct
    eligible for free or reduced price lunch

tchratio
    students per teacher

percap
    per capita income

totsc4
    4th grade score (math+english+science)

totsc8
    8th grade score (math+english+science)

avgsalary
    average teacher salary

pctel
    percent english learnersh

Source
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Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), Massachusets
Department of Education, 1990 U.S. Census.

References
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Stock, James H. and Mark W. Watson (2003) *Introduction to
Econometrics*, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers,
`http://wps.aw.com/aw\_stockwatsn\_economtrcs\_1 <http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1>`_,
chapter 7.

See Also
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``Index.Source``, ``Index.Economics``, ``Index.Econometrics``,
``Index.Observations``
