Pharmacy Student Metacognition and Confidence Survey Data, 151 Participants

151 pharmacy students at King Saud University participated in a study on metacognitive awareness and confidence. The data includes pre- and post-test survey results from two midterm exams, contrasting self-reported metrics and grade predictions with actual exam scores. The dataset was created by Rihaf Alfaraj and last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Predicting academic performance based on self-reported metacognitive awareness and confidence scores.
• Analyzing gender differences in confidence and metacognitive cognition as mentioned in the results.
• Modeling the correlation between well-calibrated confidence and exam scores using the provided correlation coefficients.
• Investigating the stability of student confidence after underperformance on an initial exam.

Strengths

• Includes data from 151 participants, a specific sample size for an educational study.
• Contains paired data points: self-reported survey results and actual exam scores for two midterm examinations.
• Statistical analysis details are provided, including correlation coefficients (r=0.467, 0.361) and p-values (p<0.01).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 14.4 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to a single university study.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Rihaf Alfaraj.

Collection Method

Surveys were administered to pharmacy students at King Saud University enrolled in a Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics course.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:36:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

King Saud University (likely Saudi Arabia).