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A Chilean university's institutional data from 8,255 students enrolled between 2018 and 2024. The dataset compares participants and non-participants in a psychoeducational support program on retention and academic performance metrics. Author Allan Garviso-Dufau published the data on figshare in May 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the impact of social integration programs on first-year retention rates based on the reported 81.3% vs. 67.4% comparison.
• Analyze the differential effect of support programs on traditional versus non-traditional students based on the described closing of the retention gap.
• Model predictors of academic performance using program participation status based on the reported mean grade difference (5.1 vs. 4.5).
• Assess the scalability of structured psychoeducational interventions in commuter institutions based on the program's described focus.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 8,255 student records, providing a substantial sample size.
• Results show statistically significant effects on retention and academic performance with reported p-values and effect sizes.
• Explicitly compares outcomes for traditional and non-traditional student subgroups.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the specific analysis dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is contained within a DOCX file (825.3 KB), which may require extraction and structuring for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Institutional data from a large, urban, commuter university in Chile.

Collection Method

Retrospective, quasi-experimental study comparing program participants to non-participants.

Time Range

2018 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 12:23:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chile