Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil
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Resumo: | Abstract The conclusion of the undergraduate course by university students in the time predicted by the curriculum is desirable for young people and for society. The aim was to verify the reliability, sensitivity and specificity of a broad set of predictors for academic performance of university students, who completed the undergraduate course within the time predicted by the curricula, through data mining methodology, provided by the Support Vector Machines algorithm. A simple approach is proposed for the prediction of course completion by students in a university in Brazil. The dataset has 170 students who finished the course and 117 who did not finish. With the proposed methodology, it was possible to predict the course completion by students with an accuracy of 79.5% when using the 19 original variables. An accuracy of 75% was found using only 05 variables: Course, year of the course, gender, initial and final academic performance. |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in BrazilPredictionsupport vector machineclassificationsocial skillsmental healthAbstract The conclusion of the undergraduate course by university students in the time predicted by the curriculum is desirable for young people and for society. The aim was to verify the reliability, sensitivity and specificity of a broad set of predictors for academic performance of university students, who completed the undergraduate course within the time predicted by the curricula, through data mining methodology, provided by the Support Vector Machines algorithm. A simple approach is proposed for the prediction of course completion by students in a university in Brazil. The dataset has 170 students who finished the course and 117 who did not finish. With the proposed methodology, it was possible to predict the course completion by students with an accuracy of 79.5% when using the 19 original variables. An accuracy of 75% was found using only 05 variables: Course, year of the course, gender, initial and final academic performance.Universidade de São Francisco, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia2018-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712018000300425Psico-USF v.23 n.3 2018reponame:Psico-USF (Online)instname:Universidade São Francisco (USF)instacron:USF10.1590/1413-82712018230303info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBolsoni-Silva,Alessandra TuriniBarbosa,Rommel MelgaçoBrandão,Alessandra SalinaLoureiro,Sonia Reginaeng2018-09-18T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1413-82712018000300425Revistahttp://pepsic.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1413-8271&lng=pt&nrm=isohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpedusf@saofrancisco.edu.br1413-82712175-3563opendoar:2018-09-18T00:00Psico-USF (Online) - Universidade São Francisco (USF)false |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil Bolsoni-Silva,Alessandra Turini Prediction support vector machine classification social skills mental health |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Prediction of course completion by students of a university in Brazil |
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Bolsoni-Silva,Alessandra Turini |
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Bolsoni-Silva,Alessandra Turini Barbosa,Rommel Melgaço Brandão,Alessandra Salina Loureiro,Sonia Regina |
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Barbosa,Rommel Melgaço Brandão,Alessandra Salina Loureiro,Sonia Regina |
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Bolsoni-Silva,Alessandra Turini Barbosa,Rommel Melgaço Brandão,Alessandra Salina Loureiro,Sonia Regina |
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Prediction support vector machine classification social skills mental health |
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Prediction support vector machine classification social skills mental health |
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Abstract The conclusion of the undergraduate course by university students in the time predicted by the curriculum is desirable for young people and for society. The aim was to verify the reliability, sensitivity and specificity of a broad set of predictors for academic performance of university students, who completed the undergraduate course within the time predicted by the curricula, through data mining methodology, provided by the Support Vector Machines algorithm. A simple approach is proposed for the prediction of course completion by students in a university in Brazil. The dataset has 170 students who finished the course and 117 who did not finish. With the proposed methodology, it was possible to predict the course completion by students with an accuracy of 79.5% when using the 19 original variables. An accuracy of 75% was found using only 05 variables: Course, year of the course, gender, initial and final academic performance. |
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2018 |
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2018-07-01 |
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Universidade de São Francisco, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia |
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Universidade de São Francisco, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia |
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