Assignment 5
Using the hsls_small.dta data set (the Stata version) and the online
codebook, make plots that help answer each of the following
questions. You do not need to save the final plot. Throughout, you
should account for missing values by dropping them.
For each question, show your data work and write 1-2 sentence(s) in a
comment that describes the relationship your plot shows (i.e., how
it answers the question).
Questions
- What is the distribution of household size among students in the
sample?
- How does student socioeconomic status differ between students who
ever attended college and those who did not?
- How do parental educational expectations differ across region?
- How does the relationship between socioeconomic status and math
test score differ across region (use a smoothing line to help show
any relationship)?
- Among students who ever attended college, how does socioeconomic
status differ between those who delayed postsecondary enrollment
and those who did not delay, when delay is defined as:
- more than 6 months between high school graduation and
postsecondary enrollment?
- more than 12 months?
Submission details
- Save your script (
<lastname>_assignment_5.R) in your scripts
directory.
- Push changes to your repo (the new script and new folder) to GitHub
prior to the next class session.