International Students' Assessment Marks for First Year Economics and Statistics Units Collected over Four Semesters (2012-2013)

The data set includes assessment marks of undergraduate international students from a private tertiary education provider in Australia. Two first year units Business Economics and Business Statistics were included over a two-year period (2012-2013). There were three main assessments that students had to complete in each semester: (a) two short multiple choice tests (Test 1 and Test 2); (b) mid-semester test (MST) and; (c) final exam (FE). The two short multiple choice tests included an individual test and a group test. T-tests, paired t-tests and regression analysis were used to ascertain if group work improves student outcomes. In particular, the marks for the individual tests are compared to the marks for the group tests.