😰 Exam stress in first-year and final-year students
A (fictional) university counselling unit asked 120 students to rate their exam stress on a single 1–5 item (1 = very low … 5 = very high). 120 cases, 3 variables. Field: education · level: beginner.
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What does each variable mean? (codebook)
| Variable | Label | Measure | Value labels | Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
id | Student ID | scale | 1–120, mean 60.50 | |
year_group | Year group | nominal | 1 = First year, 2 = Final year | 2 categories |
stress | Exam stress (1–5) | ordinal | 1 = Very low, 2 = Low, 3 = Moderate, 4 = High, 5 = Very high | 5 categories |
Which analyses suit this dataset?
- Mann-Whitney U — see the case study
- Full case study
Licence
Synthetic data produced by a seeded random process for teaching (no real people or organisations). Released under CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) by Jupiter2u — free to use, share and adapt.