Popular Kids

Gender Grade Age Race Urban/Rural School Goals Grades Sports Looks Money
boy 5 11 White Rural Elm Sports 1 2 4 3

boy 5 10 White Rural Elm Popular 2 1 4 3
girl 5 11 White Rural Elm Popular 4 3 1 2
girl 5 10 White Rural Elm Grades 3 4 2 1
girl 5 10 White Rural Elm Sports 3 2 1 4
boy 4 9 Other Rural Elm Popular 4 3 2 1
girl 4 9 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Grades 1 4 2 3
girl 4 9 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Popular 4 2 1 3
boy 4 10 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Grades 1 2 4 3
boy 4 11 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Sports 3 1 2 4
boy 4 10 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Popular 3 2 1 4
boy 5 11 Other Suburban Brentwood Elementary Grades 2 1 3 4
boy 5 11 Other Suburban Brentwood Elementary Sports 4 2 1 3
boy 5 10 Other Suburban Brentwood Elementary Popular 3 2 1 4
boy 5 11 Other Suburban Brentwood Elementary Grades 3 1 2 4
girl 5 12 Other Suburban Brentwood Elementary Grades 2 3 1 4
girl 5 11 White Suburban Brentwood Elementary Sports 1 3 2 4
girl 6 11 Other Suburban Brentwood Middle Popular 2 3 1 4
girl 6 11 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Popular 1 3 2 4
girl 6 11 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Grades 4 1 2 3
girl 6 11 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Sports 1 2 3 4
boy 6 11 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Popular 3 1 2 4
boy 6 12 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Grades 3 1 2 4
boy 6 12 Other Suburban Brentwood Middle Grades 4 1 2 3
boy 6 12 Other Suburban Brentwood Middle Grades 2 1 3 4
boy 6 12 Other Suburban Brentwood Middle Popular 4 3 1 2
boy 6 11 White Suburban Brentwood Middle Sports 3 1 2 4
girl 4 9 White Rural Ridge Grades 1 3 2 4
girl 4 9 White Rural Ridge Popular 1 4 3 2
girl 4 9 White Rural Ridge Sports 1 2 3 4
boy 4 9 White Rural Ridge Grades 3 4 2 1
boy 4 9 White Rural Ridge Popular 2 3 1 4
boy 4 10 White Rural Ridge Sports 4 1 2 3
boy 5 12 White Rural Sand Sports 2 1 3 4
boy 5 10 White Rural Sand Popular 4 3 1 2
boy 5 10 White Rural Sand Popular 2 1 3 4
boy 5 11 White Rural Sand Grades 4 2 3 1
girl 5 10 White Rural Sand Popular 2 3 1 4
girl 5 11 White Rural Sand Grades 2 4 1 3
girl 5 10 Other Rural Sand Grades 2 4 1 3
girl 4 9 White Rural Sand Sports 3 2 1 4
girl 4 9 White Rural Sand Sports 3 2 1 4
girl 6 12 White Rural Brown Middle Popular 4 2 1 3
girl 6 11 White Rural Brown Middle Grades 4 2 1 3
girl 6 12 Other Rural Brown Middle Grades 3 2 1 4
girl 6 11 White Rural Brown Middle Sports 4 1 3 2
girl 6 11 Other Rural Brown Middle Grades 1 3 4 2
boy 6 12 White Rural Brown Middle Sports 4 3 1 2
boy 6 12 White Rural Brown Middle Popular 4 2 3 1
boy 6 11 White Rural Brown Middle Grades 4 1 2 3
boy 6 12 Other Rural Brown Middle Popular 4 3 2 1
girl 4 9 Other Urban Main Grades 1 2 3 4
girl 4 9 White Urban Main Popular 4 3 1 2
girl 4 9 White Urban Main Grades 1 3 2 4
girl 4 9 Other Urban Main Sports 4 1 2 3
girl 4 9 Other Urban Main Grades 2 4 1 3
girl 4 9 White Urban Main Sports 1 3 2 4
boy 4 9 White Urban Main Grades 3 1 2 4
boy 4 9 White Urban Main Popular 1 3 2 4
boy 4 9 White Urban Main Sports 1 2 4 3
boy 4 9 Other Urban Main Grades 4 1 3 2
girl 5 10 Other Urban Main Popular 2 4 1 3
girl 5 11 White Urban Main Sports 2 1 4 3
girl 4 9 White Urban Portage Sports 4 3 1 2
boy 4 9 White Urban Portage Sports 3 2 1 4
boy 4 9 Other Urban Portage Grades 4 3 1 2
boy 4 9 White Urban Portage Grades 1 2 3 4
girl 4 9 White Urban Portage Grades 1 2 3 4
girl 4 9 Other Urban Portage Popular 2 3 1 4
boy 4 9 White Urban Portage Popular 4 1 2 3
boy 5 10 Other Urban Portage Grades 2 1 3 4
girl 5 10 White Urban Portage Popular 3 2 1 4
girl 5 10 Other Urban Portage Grades 2 1 3 4
girl 5 11 Other Urban Portage Grades 2 4 1 3
girl 5 10 Other Urban Portage Sports 3 2 1 4
girl 6 11 White Urban Westdale Middle Popular 3 2 1 4
girl 6 11 Other Urban Westdale Middle Grades 4 2 1 3
girl 6 11 White Urban Westdale Middle Grades 3 2 1 4
girl 6 12 Other Urban Westdale Middle Popular 2 4 3 1
girl 6 11 Other Urban Westdale Middle Popular 2 3 4 1
girl 6 11 Other Urban Westdale Middle Sports 4 1 2 3
girl 6 11 Other Urban Westdale Middle Grades 3 2 1 4
girl 6 11 White Urban Westdale Middle Sports 3 2 1 4
boy 6 12 White Urban Westdale Middle Grades 3 1 2 4
boy 6 11 Other Urban Westdale Middle Sports 3 2 1 4
boy 6 11 White Urban Westdale Middle Popular 3 1 2 4
boy 6 11 White Urban Westdale Middle Sports 4 1 2 3
This dataset of 478 instances was obtained from http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/PopularKids.html
A sample of 478 students in grades 4 - 6 were selected from urban, suburban, and rural school
districts with approximately 1/3 of the sample coming from each district. The students were
asked whether making good grades, being good at sports, or being popular were what they
most liked to choose to achieve at school. They were also asked to rank in order of importance
the following factors that would make them popular among their friends: making good grades,
being good at sports, being handsome or pretty, and having lots of money. They were also
asked their gender, grade level, and other demographic information.
Attributes with possible values:

Gender: boy, girl
Grade: 4, 5, 6
Age: 7,9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Race: Other, White
Urban/Rural: Rural, Suburban, Urban
School: Brentwood Elementary, Brentwood Middle, Brown Middle, Elm, Main, Portage, Ridge, Sand, Westdale Middle
Goals: Grades, Popular, Sports (Goals students chose that they most liked to achieve at school)
Grades: 1, 2, 3, 4
Sports: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Factors students ranked in order of importance that would make them popular among their friends)
Looks: 1, 2, 3, 4 (1 = most important, 4 = least important)
Money: 1, 2, 3, 4
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