Visualizing Student Performances Using Data Mining Techniques.

The goal of this qualitative paper is to conduct a study to visualize the student performances where the input data is the student's result and the output of the information retrieved is displayed in a graphical representation. The study focuses on identifying the factors that influence the st...

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Main Author: Sri Banu, Munisamy
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://etd.uum.edu.my/39/1/sri_banu.pdf
http://etd.uum.edu.my/39/2/sri_banu.pdf
http://etd.uum.edu.my/39/
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Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:The goal of this qualitative paper is to conduct a study to visualize the student performances where the input data is the student's result and the output of the information retrieved is displayed in a graphical representation. The study focuses on identifying the factors that influence the student performances as well as visualizing the result for management's convenience. The approach that has been used to categorize the influencing variables is factor analysis. The analysis and visualization has been done using SPSS. Result of the analysis shows that student attitude and lecturer's background are the two factors most important factor known to influence students' performances.