Saturday, March 3, 2012

Quantitative Research Methods, missing data


Quantitative Research Methods
Data Correction

My book, Quantitative Research Methods for Professionals (Allyn & Bacon 2007) contains an incomplete data table.  The publisher planned to correct the error in subsequent printings, but has not done so.  Since the data in that table are used for many exercises, the omission has troubled several readers, and they have written me asking for the missing information.  I post it here.

Table 2.4 on page 28 is missing the last 3 cases or rows of data.  Here is the complete data set.  Happy calculating!

exam1
exam2
paper
project
license
gender
major
88
89
73
74
90
0
1
77
79
95
92
80
1
1
91
89
71
75
90
0
2
83
82
97
95
81
1
2
84
85
72
90
82
0
2
93
94
95
79
90
1
2
88
87
88
77
90
0
1
75
76
88
89
77
1
1
76
77
70
93
85
0
3
83
81
99
90
79
1
3
80
84
75
74
77
0
1
74
75
86
90
70
1
3
81
80
70
70
86
0
2
88
89
94
77
90
1
1
87
86
75
75
90
0
2
77
78
95
94
79
1
2
76
74
93
95
80
0
3
99
100
96
81
96
1
1
100
100
90
80
95
1
1
65
80
75
85
79
0
3
88
83
80
96
85
0
3
91
96
85
71
90
0
1
97
95
90
79
93
1
2
76
80
85
98
82
1
3
82
84
83
90
83
0
3
99
95
91
82
94
1
1
72
77
90
89
77
1
3
86
84
97
74
85
1
2
79
76
79
88
75
0
3
93
96
81
81
98
0
2
92
94
82
75
99
1
1
77
75
91
84
80
1
3
86
84
70
93
85
0
2
94
93
96
50
90
1
1
73
73
70
88
78
0
3

3 comments:

  1. Thank you, very much appreciated.

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