Datasets linking ethnic perceptions to undergraduate students learning outcomes in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution

Joke A Badejo; Temitope M John; David O Omole; Emeka G Ucheaga; Segun I Popoola; Jonathan A Odukoya; Priscilla O Ajayi; Mary Aboyade; Aderemi A Atayero

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.069

Datasets linking ethnic perceptions to undergraduate students learning outcomes in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution

Data Brief. 2018 Mar 22:18:760-764. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.069. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Joke A Badejo^{1

2}, Temitope M John^{1

2}, David O Omole^{3

2}, Emeka G Ucheaga^{4

2}, Segun I Popoola^{1

2}, Jonathan A Odukoya^{5

2}, Priscilla O Ajayi^{6

2}, Mary Aboyade^{6

2}, Aderemi A Atayero^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
² Covenant University Data Analytics Cluster, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
³ Department of Civil Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Banking and Finance, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁶ Center for Systems and Information Services, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This data article represents academic performances of undergraduate students in a select Nigerian Private Tertiary institution from 2008 to 2013. The 2413 dataset categorizes students with respect to their origins (ethnicity), pre-university admission scores and Cumulative Grade Point Averages earned at the end of their study at the university. We present a descriptive statistics showing mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, range, standard deviation and variance in the performances of these students and a boxplot representation of the performances of these students with respect to their origins.

Keywords: Cultural impact; Education data mining; Ethnicity; Learning analytics; Nigerian university; Smart campus; Undergraduates.