1. Decision trees for predicting dropout in Engineering Course students in Brazil.
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Mariano, Ari Melo, Ferreira, Arthur Bandeira de Magalhães Lelis, Santos, Maíra Rocha, Castilho, Mara Lucia, and Bastos, Anna Carla Freire Luna Campêlo
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DECISION trees ,ENGINEERING students ,SCHOOL dropouts ,FIELD research ,RATING of students ,MENTAL health - Abstract
The dropout of Brazilian students from higher education is a subject that has been well explored, where high rates of students who drop out are verified. However, despite the vast literature, the problems arising from student's dropout still have no solution since dropout itself is an unsolved problem. This research aims to present a classification via decision trees to predict the evasion of Engineering course students in Brazil. To reach this objective, exploratory field research was conducted, where data was collected employing surveys directed to the students, enabling the elaboration of a classificatory decision tree with the C4.5 algorithm. The survey sample consisted of 91 valid answers. The results were analyzed with the RapidMiner tool and presented a decision tree with 86.81% accuracy. Among the main factors preventing dropout is interaction with professors, the course curriculum, and issues related to mental well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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