Complete the following steps:
- Using either the EDAT system or a direct download of the files from the course website, download a dataset from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Include the following variables from the public school district data:
- District student population
- Number of schools
- Location of the district (i.e. which state and county the district is in)
- Total number of teachers
- Total expenditures per pupil in FY98
- Total salaries and wages
- Total instructional salaries and wages
- any other variables you would like to use
- Now, go the Bureau of Economic Analysis website and download data on state and county-level income for the same year as SASS (1998).
- Merge the two datasets.
- Conduct an analysis as to whether any of the above district spending variables appear to be related to county or state-level income. You can use graphical approaches if you wish.