Which algorithm is better? An implementation of normalization to predict student performance.

This paper focuses on finding the best classification algorithm model in the case study of student performance prediction and comparing the algorithm performance before and after using the normalization method. To achieve this goal, this study uses data mining classification techniques to analyse student performance at Vocational High School in 2020-2021. The steps of the research carried out include: data collection, data pre-processing, build algorithm models without using normalization and with using normalization, and final step are comparing algorithm performance before and after using normalization. The algorithms that will be used include: Random Forest, Decision Tree, Logistic Regression, SVM, Naive Bayes, and KNN. While the normalization methods used are Standard Scaler, Min-Max Scaler, and Robust Scaler. The result of this research is that the normalization method is able to significantly increase the accuracy of the model. Based on the tests and evaluations carried out, the normalization method using the Min-Max Scaler has the biggest impact in improving the overall model performance and the algorithm with the best performance is Random Forest. This paper reviews the effect of the normalization method to improve algorithm performance in predicting student performance, where based on previous research no one has used the normalization method to gain accuracy of the model which actually has a considerable impact on gaining accuracy of the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]