dataset_demographics {ouladFormat}R Documentation

Returns the formatted demographic data set

Description

Load and formats the student demographic data set from the OULAD for data analysis.

Usage

dataset_demographics(
  module = c("All", "AAA", "BBB", "CCC", "DDD", "EEE", "FFF", "GGG"),
  presentation = c("2013B", "2014B", "2013J", "2014J", "All", "Summer", "Winter"),
  repeat_students = c("remove", "keep")
)

Arguments

module

name of the module to be included, either "All", "AAA", "BBB", "CCC", "DDD", "EEE", "FFF" or "GGG".

presentation

name of the semester of the module to be included, either "2013B", "2014B", "2013J", "2014J", "All", "Summer" or "Winter". "B" indicates a February start time whereas "J" indicates an October start time. "All" indicates that all presentations of the module will be included in the returned data. "Summer" returns both "2013B" and "2014B". "Winter" returns both "2013J" and "2014J".

repeat_students

indicator of whether students who had previous attempts at the module should be removed, either "remove" or "keep".

Value

Returns one tibble (object of class tbl_df), called 'studentInfo', based on the OULAD studentInfo.csv file and the specified inputs (module, presentation, and repeat_students).

The tibble consists of 12 columns (Kuzilek et al., 2017):

References

Kuzilek, J., Hlosta, M., & Zdrahal, Z. (2017). Open university learning analytics dataset. Scientific Data volume 4 , (pp. 1–8). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.171.

See Also

combined_dataset()

Examples

dataset_demographics(module = "BBB", presentation = "2013J", repeat_students = "remove")

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