ColorBlindness_Perception_UniversityStudents_2025

# Dataset: Color Blindness Perception Among University Students (2025)

## Overview
This dataset contains anonymized survey responses from higher-education students enrolled in design-related academic programs (Video Games, Animation, Digital Design, and Audiovisual Creation). The study explores students’ awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of color blindness (Color Vision Deficiency, CVD), as well as the presence of accessibility-related content in their academic training.

The dataset accompanies the research article **“Perception of Color Vision Deficiency in Higher Education Design Programs” (2025)**.

All responses have been anonymized. Free-text responses and non-essential scoring columns have been removed to ensure compliance with privacy and ethical standards.

## File Structure
- `ColorBlindness_Perception_UniversityStudents_2025.csv`
- `ColorBlindness_Perception_UniversityStudents_2025.xlsx`

Both files contain the same data in different formats.

## Number of Participants
- **N = 387** higher-education students from creative-media fields.

## Variables Included
The dataset contains:
- Sociodemographic variables
- Academic program and training background
- Prior knowledge of color blindness
- Self-reported CVD status
- Awareness of accessibility tools
- Perception of received training
- Opinions about incorporating accessibility into curricula

A full Data Dictionary is provided below.

## Ethical Compliance
- The study received formal approval from the **UDIT University Ethics Committee**, ensuring compliance with ethical research standards.
- No direct identifiers are present (names, emails, student IDs, IPs, etc.).
- All free-text responses and potentially identifying information have been removed.
- The dataset is fully anonymized and compliant with FAIR data principles and general data protection regulations.

## Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite:

**Campos-Baello, C., & Alonso-Urbano, D. (2025). Color Blindness Perception Among University Students (Dataset). Mendeley Data**

## License
CC BY 4.0 — You are free to use, adapt, and share this dataset with attribution.