Student Performance on an Entrance Examination with Demographic and Academic Background

Performance data from a Common Entrance Examination (CEE) includes candidate demographics, coaching history, and prior academic scores. The dataset was contributed by authors from Dibrugarh University and is licensed through UCI. It likely contains records for students in Assam, India, with features on caste, parental occupation, and secondary education boards.

Use Cases

• Predicting entrance exam scores based on Class X and Class XII percentages mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the impact of coaching classes (within or outside Assam) on performance
• Investigating demographic and socioeconomic correlations using features like caste and parental occupation
• Studying the relationship between medium of instruction and academic outcomes

Strengths

• Includes multiple socioeconomic and academic background variables such as caste, parental occupation, and coaching history
• Licensed from established academic sources (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

Authors: Hussain, S., Atallah, R., Kamsin, A., & Hazarika, J. Organization: Dibrugarh University (inferred). Platform: openml.

Collection Method

Likely collected from student records for a Common Entrance Examination.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

The description mentions coaching classes 'within Assam', suggesting a primary geographic focus on Assam, India.