Data for: Academic motivation scale: validity in Portuguese public higher education published by RAC-Revista de Administração Contemporânea

This research aimed to study the psychometric properties and subsequent validation of the Academic Motivation Scale proposed by Guimarães and Bzuneck (2008), in Portugal using two samples, the sample A constituted by 568 students of public higher education and the sample B constituted by 589 public higher education students, with a national scope.