[R] Fred Mosteller and the "star" data from package "mlmRev"

[Douglas Bates]

In writing about the star data from package "mlmRev" I was reminded of
a comment in the New York Times obituary,  "C. Frederick Mosteller, a
Pioneer of Statistics, Dies at 89", that appeared on July 27. In part
it stated

"In the 1980's, he was instrumental in persuading Tennessee to conduct
a controlled study on the effect of classroom size. The study showed
convincingly that smaller classes significantly helped children from
poorer minority families."

I believe this is referring to the study that generated the star data
in package "mlmRev".