gss_wordsum_class — gss_wordsum

A data frame containing data from the General Social Survey.

Usage

gss_wordsum_class

Format

A data frame with 795 observations on the following 2 variables.

wordsum: A vocabulary score calculated based on a ten question vocabulary test, where a higher score means better vocabulary. Scores range from 1 to 10.
class: Self-identified social class has 4 levels: lower, working, middle, and upper class.

Examples


library(dplyr)

gss_wordsum_class |>
  group_by(class) |>
  summarize(mean_wordsum = mean(wordsum))
#> # A tibble: 4 × 2
#>   class   mean_wordsum
#>   <chr>          <dbl>
#> 1 LOWER           5.07
#> 2 MIDDLE          6.76
#> 3 UPPER           6.19
#> 4 WORKING         5.75