The RANK Data Set: Promotions in Rank for Biochemists

The RANK data, analyzed in Chapter 7, “Analysis of Tied or Discrete Data with the LOGISTIC, PROBIT, and GENMOD Procedures,” contains records for 301 biochemists who at some point in their careers were assistant professors at graduate departments in the U.S. The event of interest is a promotion to associate professor. The data set includes the following variables:

DURis the number of years from the beginning of the job to promotion or censoring (ranges from 1 to 10, in integers).
EVENThas a value of 1 if the person was promoted; otherwise, EVENT has a value of 0.
UNDGRADspecifies the selectivity of undergraduate institution (ranges from 1 to 7).
PHDMEDhas a value of 1 if the person received a ...

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