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\name{Exam}\alias{Exam}\docType{data}\title{Exam scores from inner London}\description{Exam scores of 4,059 students from 65 schools in Inner London.}\usage{data(Exam)}\format{A data frame with 4059 observations on the following 9 variables.\describe{\item{school}{School ID - a factor.}\item{normexam}{Normalized exam score.}\item{schgend}{School gender - a factor. Levels are \code{mixed},\code{boys}, and \code{girls}.}\item{schavg}{School average of intake score.}\item{vr}{Student level Verbal Reasoning (VR) score band at intake -a factor. Levels are \code{bottom 25\%}, \code{mid 50\%}, and\code{top 25\%}.}\item{intake}{Band of student's intake score - a factor.Levels are \code{bottom 25\%}, \code{mid 50\%} and \code{top25\%}./}\item{standLRT}{Standardised LR test score.}\item{sex}{Sex of the student - levels are \code{F} and \code{M}.}\item{type}{School type - levels are \code{Mxd} and \code{Sngl}.}\item{student}{Student id (within school) - a factor}}}%\details{}\source{\url{http://multilevel.ioe.ac.uk/softrev/exam.html}}\references{Goldstein, H., Rasbash, J., et al (1993). A multilevel analysis ofschool examination results. \emph{Oxford Review of Education} 19: 425-433}\examples{str(Exam)summary(Exam)(fm1 <- lmer(normexam ~ standLRT + sex + schgend + (1|school), Exam))(fm2 <- lmer(normexam ~ standLRT*sex + schgend + (1|school), Exam))(fm3 <- lmer(normexam ~ standLRT*sex + schgend + (1|school), Exam))}\keyword{datasets}