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2025-09-02 The Impact of AI Mentors on Undergraduate Research Competence doi:10.57760/sciencedb.27372 en The questionnaire was distributed in late May, as the period from May to June each year is the peak season for undergraduates’ graduation thesis defense and a critical stage for applying for research projects. By this time, students have accumulated certain experience and awareness of relevant research activities, which helps to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of their use of AI tutors. A total of 821 valid questionnaires were collected, with the following sample characteristics:· Gender: 222 males (27.04%) and 578 females (72.96%);· Academic year: 237 freshmen (28.87%), 266 sophomores (32.40%), 188 juniors (22.90%), 77 seniors (9.40%), and 53 graduates (6.46%);· Major field: 68 students in science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine (8.28%), 38 in humanities and social sciences (4.63%), 707 in economics, management, law, and education (86.11%), and 8 in art and design (0.97%). AI Mentor; Research Competence; Research Self-Efficacy; Policy Environment; Mediating Effect zhang qing guo PUBLIC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ dataset Science Data Bank