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The major interest of this study is the prediction of life satisfaction seven years after college from the variables that can be measured while the student is in college. Below are 13 variables, as follows:
- Age
- Gender - (0=Male, 1=Female)
- Married (0=No, 1=Yes)
- IncomeC - Income in College (in thousands $)
- HealthC - Score on Health Inventory in College
- ChildC - Number of Children while in College
- LifeSatC - Score on Life Satisfaction Inventory in College
- SES - Socio Economic Status of Parents
- LifeSatC - Score on Life Satisfaction Inventory in College
- Smoker (0=No, 1=Yes)
- SpiritC - Score on Spritiuality Inventory in College
- Finish - Finish the program in college (0=No, 1=Yes)
- Income7 - Income seven years after College (in thousands $)
- LifeSat7 - Score on Life Satisfaction Inventory seven years after College
Data for 20 hypothetical students, in MLR format:
13 20
Age Gender Married IncomeC HealthC ChildC LifeSatC SES Smoke Spirit Finish Income7 LifeSat7
16 0 0 0 38 0 17 17 1 30 1 26 22
28 1 0 0 38 0 16 21 1 39 1 15 20
16 0 1 16 52 1 39 40 0 30 1 88 42
23 1 0 6 51 0 22 31 0 60 1 73 48
18 0 1 7 52 0 25 38 0 32 0 14 0
30 0 1 25 43 2 53 36 1 39 0 38 33
19 0 1 19 55 0 28 41 0 51 1 45 33
19 1 0 0 52 2 17 52 0 35 1 16 21
34 0 0 29 60 2 20 56 0 23 1 64 26
16 1 0 0 53 0 21 27 0 29 0 19 37
25 1 0 3 39 0 18 34 1 61 1 56 40
16 1 1 1 42 0 31 29 1 58 1 70 35
16 0 0 0 43 0 15 28 1 39 1 71 32
16 0 1 18 54 1 34 38 0 40 0 44 37
16 1 0 0 52 0 20 38 0 27 1 25 35
32 1 1 26 54 1 39 37 0 30 0 38 47
19 0 0 0 46 0 17 25 0 36 1 39 26
17 1 1 10 55 2 48 53 0 43 0 6 42
24 0 0 17 52 0 16 36 0 54 1 75 38
26 1 1 0 57 1 39 41 0 32 1 67 42
Source: David W. Stockburger, Multivariate Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications, 1st ed., Missouri State University, 1996
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