Role of gender on academic performance based on different parameters: Data from secondary school education

S Ranjeeth; T P Latchoumi; P Victer Paul

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105257

Role of gender on academic performance based on different parameters: Data from secondary school education

Data Brief. 2020 Feb 10:29:105257. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105257. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

S Ranjeeth¹, T P Latchoumi¹, P Victer Paul²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, VFSTR (Deemed to be University), Guntur, AP, India.
² Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Abstract

This data article represents academic performances and personal habits of higher secondary school students in select high school education institutions located at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India for the academic year of 2017-18. The dataset of 1116 records, each with 9 parameters and the parameters are mother and father education, the impact of advisor, time spent on study after school, time spent on sports, time spent with mobile per day, the impact of health problems, goal, time spent on yoga or physical exercise. We present descriptive statistics showing mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, range, standard deviation and variance in the performances of these students and a bar chart representation of the total number of female and male students' Grade Point Average (GPA) with 9 parameters individually. The primary aim of this clause is providing a comparative analysis of female and male students in GPA scoring based on 9 parameters.

Keywords: Academic performance; Education data mining; Higher secondary; Learning analytics.