Datasets for the paper "How academic achievement spreads: The role of distinct social networks in academic performance diffusion".
The description of the network datasets:
- friendship_wave1.csv: The network of friendship ties at the wave 1
- friendship_wave2.csv: The network of friendship ties at the wave 2
- friendship_wave3.csv: The network of friendship ties at the wave 3
- advice_wave1.csv: The network of study assistance ties at the wave 1
- advice_wave2.csv: The network of study assistance ties at the wave 2
- advice_wave3.csv: The network of study assistance ties at the wave 3
- former_network.csv: The network of acquaintance before the enrollment.
All network files are in the matrix format. 1 indicates the presence of a tie, 0 indicates the absence of a tie.
The description of datasets with other variables:
- performance.csv: Academic performance of students. 'id' is a unique student ID number; 'gpa1', 'gpa2', and 'gpa3' are academic performance groups at waves 1, 2, and 3.
- individual_characteristics.csv: Individual characteristics of students. 'id' is a unique student number; 'gender' is sex of students (1 - male); 'group' is a study group.