Generate Synthetic Student Panel Data — alprek_synthetic

Creates a synthetic alprek_student_panel object with student demographics, GOLD assessment scores, attendance, service indicators, and derived variables (gain scores, chronic absence, risk index).

Usage

alprek_synthetic_student(
  n_students = 100,
  n_classrooms = 20,
  n_years = 2,
  seed = 42
)

Arguments

n_students: Integer. Number of students per year.
n_classrooms: Integer. Number of classrooms (must match other generators for linkage). Defaults to 20.
n_years: Integer. Number of school years (1-4).
seed: Integer. Random seed for reproducibility.

Value

An alprek_student_panel S3 object.

Examples

student <- alprek_synthetic_student(n_students = 50, n_years = 2)
student
#> <alprek_student_panel>
#>   Years: 2021-2022, 2022-2023 
#>   Total observations: 100 
#>   Unique students: 100 
#>   Columns: 145 
#>      2021-2022 : 50 students ( legacy , 145 cols)
#>      2022-2023 : 50 students ( legacy , 145 cols)
head(student$data[, 1:10])
#> # A tibble: 6 × 10
#>   school_year  year classroom_code classroom_name adece_id region_num site_code
#>   <fct>       <int> <chr>          <chr>          <chr>         <int> <chr>    
#> 1 2021-2022    2021 024O46939.02   Classroom 7    S000101           7 024O46939
#> 2 2021-2022    2021 034H75684.03   Classroom 16   S000201           4 034H75684
#> 3 2021-2022    2021 058P64325.03   Classroom 18   S000301           6 058P64325
#> 4 2021-2022    2021 003O71147.01   Classroom 11   S000401          11 003O71147
#> 5 2021-2022    2021 065H91300.01   Classroom 2    S000501           2 065H91300
#> 6 2021-2022    2021 047O85884.01   Classroom 6    S000601          10 047O85884
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: site_name <chr>, program_code <chr>, program_name <chr>