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## Holzinger and Swineford (1939) Ability data in 301 children from two schools

### Description

This classic data set contains of intelligence-test scores from 301 children on 26 distinct tests. The data are also available in the MBESS package.

The tests cover mental speed, memory, mathematical-ability, spatial, and verbal ability as listed below.

### Usage

    data("HS.ability.data")

### Format

A data frame with 301 observations on the following 2 variables.

`id`

  student ID number (int)

`Gender`

  Sex (Factor w/ 2 levels “Female”,“Male”

`grade`

  Grade in school (integer 7 or 8)

`agey`

  Age in years (integer)

`agem`

  Age in months (integer)

`school`

  School attended (Factor w/2 levels “Grant-White” and “Pasteur”)

`addition`

  A speed test (numeric)

`code`

  A speed test (numeric)

`counting`

  A speed test (numeric)

`straight`

  A speed test (numeric)

`wordr`

  A memory subtest

`numberr`

  A memory subtest

`figurer`

  A memory subtest

`object`

  A memory subtest

`numberf`

  A memory subtest

`figurew`

  A memory subtest

`deduct`

  A mathematical subtest

`numeric`

  A mathematical subtest

`problemr`

  A mathematical subtest

`series`

  A mathematical subtest

`arithmet`

  A mathematical subtest

`visual`

  A spatial subtest

`cubes`

  A spatial subtest

`paper`

  A spatial subtest

`flags`

  A spatial subtest

`paperrev`

  A spatial subtest

`flagssub`

  A spatial subtest

`general`

  A verbal subtest

`paragrap`

  A verbal subtest

`sentence`

  A verbal subtest

`wordc`

  A verbal subtest

`wordm`

  A verbal subtest

### Details

The data are from children who differ in grade (seventh- and eighth-grade) and are nested in one of two schools (Pasteur and Grant-White). You will see it in use elsewhere, both in R (lavaan, MBESS), and in Joreskog (1969) reporting a cfa on the Grant-White school subject subset).

The last two tests are substitute versions for other tests. `paperrev` (a paper form board test) can substitute for `paper` and `flagssub` for the lozenges test `flags`.

### Source

Holzinger, K., and Swineford, F. (1939).

### References

Holzinger, K., and Swineford, F. (1939). A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bifactor solution. Supplementary Educational Monograph, no. 48. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Joreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34, 183-202.

### Examples

    data(HS.ability.data)
    str(HS.ability.data)
    levels(HS.ability.data$school)
    plot(flags ~ flagssub, data = HS.ability.data)

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