Modifed from a dataset obtained in the course of a study on factors that are associated with fire-setting among at-risk youth. The data comes from national surveys of at-risk teenagers.
Format
A data frame with 975 observations on the following 6 variables.
- age
Child's age in years.
- sex
Sex of the child.
- race
Child's race.
- school.attitude
A measure of child's perceptions about school, combined from surveys given to child and to his/her parents. Higher scores indicate poorer attitudes.
- academic
A measure of the child's academic performance. Higher scores indicate more academic problems.
- adhd
Scaled scores from a test for AHDH. Higher scores indicates more problems with ADHD.
- fires
Whether or not the child sets fires (0 = does not, 1 = does).
Source
Doctroal dissertation by Carrie H. Bowling, University of Kentucky, 2013.. Further details in ../doc/firesetting_phd_proposal.pdf.