Student use of an assessed online discussion space

The dataset contains quantitative information concerning university students' usage of online discussion areas and the impact of the students' participation on their final results.<br><br>The data includes the following categories of information:<br>• student age (whole years at the end of semester);<br>• student gender (male or female);<br>• student normal mode of study (on-campus or off-campus);<br>• student course of study (BTech, BE or other);<br>• student prior general academic performance (measured at Deakin University by the weighted average mark [WAM]);<br>• the total number of discussion messages read (or at least opened) by the student;<br>• the total number of new/initial discussion postings made by the student;<br>• the total number of follow-up/reply discussion postings made by the student; and<br>• the final unit mark obtained by the student.<br>

本数据集收录了大学生在线讨论区使用行为，以及学生参与该类讨论的程度对其修读课程单元最终成绩影响的量化相关信息。

本次数据集涵盖以下类别信息：
• 学生年龄（学期末的实足年龄）；
• 学生性别（男/女）；
• 学生常规学习模式（在校学习或校外学习）；
• 学生修读专业方向（BTech、BE或其他）；
• 学生既往综合学业表现（由迪肯大学通过加权平均成绩（Weighted Average Mark, WAM）评定）；
• 学生阅读（或至少已打开）的讨论帖总数量；
• 学生发布的全新初始讨论帖总数量；
• 学生发布的跟进/回复类讨论帖总数量；
• 学生获得的修读课程单元最终成绩。