Student Performance on an Entrance Examination with Socioeconomic and Academic Background

Student_Performance_on_an_Entrance_Examination is a dataset from the UCI and Dibrugarh University repositories, authored by Hussain, S., Atallah, R., Kamsin, A., & Hazarika, J. It contains records of student performance on a Common Entrance Examination (CEE) along with demographic, socioeconomic, and prior academic history variables. The dataset's size, specific time range, and row count are not provided in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Predicting entrance exam performance based on prior academic percentages (Class X and XII).
• Analyzing the impact of coaching classes (within or outside Assam) on exam outcomes.
• Investigating correlations between student performance and parental occupation.
• Studying performance disparities linked to candidate caste, sex, or medium of instruction.

Strengths

• Includes multiple socioeconomic and academic background features such as caste, parental occupation, and coaching attendance.
• Contains prior academic performance metrics from two educational levels (Class X and XII percentages).
• Dataset originates from a known academic source (UCI and Dibrugarh University).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

UCI and Dibrugarh University

Collection Method

Likely collected from student records related to a Common Entrance Examination (CEE).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

The data appears focused on Assam, India, given the mention of coaching classes within or outside Assam.