This dataset contains the metadata of the three datasets used in the research study "The effect of a general versus narrow undergraduate curriculum on graduate specialization: The case of a Dutch liberal arts college" (DOI: 10.1002/curj.158).
The datasets include academic performance and personal background data of two groups of students enrolled in three MSc programmes at Maastricht University:
Dataset 1: International Business at the SBE;
Dataset 2: Psychology at FPN;
Dataset 3: Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at FPN.
The data included in these three datasets is as follows:
- Type of undergraduate education (1 = UCM degree; 0 = specialized bachelor's);
- Dropout status (1 = dropped out; 0 = graduated);
- Master GPA (10-point scale);
- Thesis grade (10-point scale);
- Bachelor GPA (10-point scale);
- Duration of master's studies (in years);
- Age (at the time of first registration);
- Gender (1 = female; 0 = male);
- Academic semester of first enrolment (1 = February; 0 = September);
- Academic year of first enrolment;
- Specialization track;
- Type of specialization track (1 = narrow/basic science tracks; 0 = broad/more applied tracks)*.
- only included in Dataset 1
** only included in Dataset 1 and Dataset 2
Due to the privacy-sensitive nature of the data, only the metadata can be made publicly available. Interested parties can request the datasets from the author.
