Exam Scores

Exam scores for students at a public school

Overview

This is a fictional dataset and should only be used for data science training purposes.

This data set includes scores from three exams and a variety of personal, social, and economic factors that have interaction effects upon them.

Sample Data

Sample Output
genderrace/ethnicityparental level of educationlunchtest preparation coursemath scorereading scorewriting score
malegroup Bassociate's degreefree/reducednone465147
femalegroup Bsome high schoolstandardnone707666
femalegroup Bsome collegefree/reducedcompleted536161
femalegroup Dsome high schoolstandardcompleted688379
femalegroup Cassociate's degreestandardnone697473
malegroup Bbachelor's degreestandardnone616464
femalegroup Cassociate's degreefree/reducedcompleted516056
malegroup Dsome high schoolfree/reducednone514443
femalegroup Dbachelor's degreestandardnone606974
femalegroup Bsome high schoolstandardcompleted747374
...

Example Research Questions

  1. How effective is the test preparation course?
  2. Which major factors contribute to test outcomes?
  3. What would be the best way to improve student scores on each test?

What patterns and interactions in the data can you find? Let me know in the comments section below.

Download

Download a Small Sample - Download a .csv file with 10 results as a sample set (n=10) Download a Medium Sample - Download a .csv file with 100 results as a sample set (n=100) Download a Large Sample - Download a .csv file with 1000 results as a sample set (n=1000)
All data sets are generated on-the-fly. So, you can increase your n by downloading a data set multiple times and combining the files.

Disclaimer

All data sets are fictional and should be used for educational purposes only.

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