Repository data containing Survey Participants' responses in SPSS file

SPSS file represents responses from 516 participants gathered by a quantitative survey method. The questionnaire provided context for the study and explained why collecting this data was important. At the bottom of this section, everyone’s approval on participating in the survey and using their responses in survey results in a public setting was requested. As this survey was voluntary and anonymous, the participants had a choice not to participate in it by simply declining the request and withdrawing themselves from the survey without any consequences. After the participants gave their approvals, the following segment (Section II) was permitted to proceed. The next section asked students about their five self-related characteristics which were the independent categorical variables 1) demographic characteristics: gender, 2) socioeconomic characteristics (SES), 3) geographic characteristics: native place, 4) academic characteristics related to higher secondary academic performance (pre-college performance) 5) the psychological and behavioral characteristics. It further constituted four sub-questions related to students’ information about 5-1) the engineering major enrolled in 5-2) priority for type of curriculum delivery 5-3) the most valuable human influence, 5-4) the most effective information source. The next section encompassed Questions related to twelve ECs characteristics including proximity, location and locality, image and reputation, faculty profile, alumni profile, campus placements, quality education, infrastructure and facilities, safety and security, curriculum delivery, value for money and lastly sustainability under COVID-19 was examined. To answer these questions, students were asked to rate on a Likert scale (1 to 5), where 1 represented minimum value and 5 showed maximum value.