Data · dataset · 2026
McMaster Textbook Affordability Survey 2025 Dataset
Listed in Borealis
We conducted a survey of McMaster undergraduate students in Fall 2025 about the costs of textbooks and other course materials and students’ experiences with purchasing or not purchasing textbooks and other course materials.
Description
The data have been anonymized to remove any identifying information. The anonymized raw data is available in MTAS_RawData_anonymized.csv.
The anonymized raw data, with tabs analyzing responses to the different survey questions, is available in MTAS_RawAndProcessedData_anonymized.xlsx.
Links
Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP4%2FQ1SKQ4 ↗
landing page · from borealisdata ca
- DOI doi.org/10.5683/sp4/q1skq4 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from borealisdata ca
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API borealisdata.ca/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP4%2… ↗
metadata API · from borealisdata ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Social Sciences
- From keywords
- Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis | doi:10.5683/SP4/Q1SKQ4 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:social-sciences | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| created_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 |