Detailed data disclosure statements, in either text or nutrition-label format, increase university students' confidence that specific data points are collected compared to a generic disclosure¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Participants in the detailed text and nutrition-label conditions reported significantly higher confidence that specific data points were collected than participants in the generic control condition. → Stoo Sepp 2025 q3 i? A non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test confirmed the difference between conditions, with both text and label conditions higher than control at p <.001. → Stoo Sepp 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Stoo Sepp 2025¶

Stoo Sepp. (2025). Towards More Transparency in Learning Analytics: Sharing Information with University Students Increases their Awareness of Data Collection Practices. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(3), 34–46. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8713

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Experiment with 187 university students randomly assigned to control (n=48), text (n=66), or label (n=73) disclosure conditions; aggregated confidence means were 3.34 (control), 4.05 (text), 3.91 (label), and the ANOVA found "a significant difference between groups, F(2,184) = 16.38, p <.001".

"A Tukey's HSD post-hoc test revealed that the text and label conditions reported significantly higher confidence that specific data points were collected at p < 0.001 when compared to the control condition"

Stoo Sepp 2025 (2)¶

Stoo Sepp. (2025). Towards More Transparency in Learning Analytics: Sharing Information with University Students Increases their Awareness of Data Collection Practices. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(3), 34–46. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8713

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Robustness check with the Kruskal-Wallis H test given unequal condition sizes confirmed the ANOVA: "a significant difference between conditions (χ 2(2) = 21.458, p <.001)", supporting H1.

"The test indicated a significant difference between conditions (χ 2(2) = 21.458, p <.001). A pairwise comparison conducted using a Wilcoxon signed -rank test again revealed that participants in both text (p <.001) and label (p <.001) conditions reported significantly higher confidence that specific data points were collected when compared to the control condition."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The format of detailed disclosure (detailed text versus icon-based nutrition label) makes no difference to students' confidence about data collection — related
• Data disclosure of any format does not change students' acceptance of data collection by their university — related
• Detailed disclosure does not make students more conservative about who should have access to their educational data — related
• In a 48-platform policy audit, data-collection disclosure was strongest while AI and accountability disclosures were weak — related
• A majority of students think they should be informed of data collection details at multiple contact points throughout their studies — related