Systematically Misclassified Binary Dependant Variables

SYSTEMATICALLY MISCLASSIFIED BINARY DEPENDANT VARIABLES
Table 7: Variable Names, Descriptions and Summary Statistics
Name Description Mean Std. Dev.
Improved
Observed (misclassified) binary dependant
variable: Equal to 1 if post-test score > pre-test
score
0.708 0.455
Male Equal to 1 if the gender is reported as male; 0
otherwise 0.250 0.433
Gender Not Reported Equal to 1 if the gender is not reported; 0
otherwise
Black/African American
0.030 0.170
Equal to 1 if the race is reported as African
American; 0 otherwise 0.023 0.150
Hispanic/Latino Equal to 1 if the race is reported as Hispanic; 0
otherwise
Native American
Other Races
Race Not Reported
0.269 0.443
Equal to 1 if the race is reported as Native
American; 0 otherwise 0.040 0.195
Equal to 1 if the race is reported as other or of
multiple ethnicity; 0 otherwise
Equal to 1 if the race is not reported; 0 otherwise
0.034 0.182
0.034 0.182
Age Integer (17-73) 38.822 7.846
Living with Partner or Equal to 1 if reported living with partner or
spouse
spouse; 0 otherwise
0.736 0.441
Partner/Spouse Details Not
Reported
Program Average of Prescore
Program Std. Dev. of Prescore
Pre-test Score
Equal to 1 if the partner/spouse details not
reported; 0 otherwise
Average of the pre-scores of the participants
enrolled in the same program; Continuous
variable between 1-5
Standard deviation of the pre-scores of the
participants enrolled in the same program;
Continuous variable
Self-reported pre-test score; Semi-continuous
variable between 1-5
0.077 0.266
3.987 0.237
0.499 0.173
3.979 0.546
Pre-test Score > 4.9 Equal to 1 if the pre-score > 4.90; 0 otherwise 0.033 0.178
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