Description of the files in the TESTSCOR folder. FOLDER NAME: Testscor Includes two files one with PSAT and SAT test scores and one with cellmarks and number of observations per cell. FILE NAMES: Psatsat.xls - PSAT and SAT scores per person. Psatcell.xls - Cell marks and number of observations per cell for PSAT and SAT scores. DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET: Both the PSAT and SAT math and verbal scores by individual in 1981. SOURCE OF DATA SET: National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) Database, Software Version 7.1. VARIABLES IN THE FILES: Variable name and description (Psatsat.xls) NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS: 520 psatmath - Math PSAT score psatverb - Verbal PSAT score satmath - Math SAT score satverb - Verbal SAT score (psatcell.xls) NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS: 12 pmmark - Cell marks for PSATmath scores data divided into 7 cells pmobs - Number of obs. in each of the 7 cells of the PSATmath scores pvmark - Cell marks for PSATverb scores data divided into 12 cells pvobs - Number of obs. in each of the 12 cells of the PSATverb scores smmark - Cell marks for SATmath scores data divided into 12 cells smobs - Number of obs. in each of the 12 cells of the SATmath scores svmark - Cell marks for SATverb scores data divided into 12 cells svobs - Number of obs. in each of the 12 cells of the SATverb scores COLUMN HEADINGS AND FIRST THREE RECORDS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE FILE: (from Psatsat.xls) psatmath psatverb satmath satverb 28 40 360 330 38 28 340 300 20 28 290 210 (from Psatcell.xls) pmmark pmobs pvmark pvobs smmark smobs svmark svobs 15 5 17.5 6 225 4 1775 3 25 29 22.5 13 275 31 225 23 35 143 27.5 45 325 39 275 28