Predicting school failure and dropout by using data mining techniques

Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-14

  Márquez Vera, Carlos ^a   Romero Morales, Cristóbal ^b   Ventura Soto, Sebastián ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Dropout; Educational data mining (EDM); Prediction; School failure

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; DECISION TREES;

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; COST SENSITIVE CLASSIFICATIONS; DROPOUT; EDUCATIONAL DATA MININGS (EDM); MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; REBALANCING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84892648313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2013.2244695     Document Type: Article

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