quine package:MASS R Documentation _A_b_s_e_n_t_e_e_i_s_m _f_r_o_m _S_c_h_o_o_l _i_n _R_u_r_a_l _N_e_w _S_o_u_t_h _W_a_l_e_s _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n: The 'quine' data frame has 146 rows and 5 columns. Children from Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, were classified by Culture, Age, Sex and Learner status and the number of days absent from school in a particular school year was recorded. _U_s_a_g_e: quine _F_o_r_m_a_t: This data frame contains the following columns: '_E_t_h' ethnic background: Aboriginal or Not, ('"A"' or '"N"'). '_S_e_x' sex: factor with levels ('"F"' or '"M"'). '_A_g_e' age group: Primary ('"F0"'), or forms '"F1,"' '"F2"' or '"F3"'. '_L_r_n' learner status: factor with levels Average or Slow learner, ('"AL"' or '"SL"'). '_D_a_y_s' days absent from school in the year. _S_o_u_r_c_e: S. Quine, quoted in Aitkin, M. (1978) The analysis of unbalanced cross classifications (with discussion). _Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A_ *141*, 195-223. _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s: Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) _Modern Applied Statistics with S._ Fourth edition. Springer.