Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests

Today, many students are moving towards higher education courses that do not suit them and end up failing. The purpose of this study is to help provide counselors with better knowledge so that they can offer future students courses corresponding to their profile. The second objective is to allow the...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Berriri, Sofiane Djema, Gaëtan Rey, Christel Dartigues-Pallez
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/3/92
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Gaëtan Rey
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description Today, many students are moving towards higher education courses that do not suit them and end up failing. The purpose of this study is to help provide counselors with better knowledge so that they can offer future students courses corresponding to their profile. The second objective is to allow the teaching staff to propose training courses adapted to students by anticipating their possible difficulties. This is possible thanks to a machine learning algorithm called Random Forest, allowing for the classification of the students depending on their results. We had to process data, generate models using our algorithm, and cross the results obtained to have a better final prediction. We tested our method on different use cases, from two classes to five classes. These sets of classes represent the different intervals with an average ranging from 0 to 20. Thus, an accuracy of 75% was achieved with a set of five classes and up to 85% for sets of two and three classes.
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spelling doaj.art-b183a6f7bd2e41269e22931259b2c69e2023-12-11T18:28:47ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-02-011139210.3390/educsci11030092Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random ForestsMehdi Berriri0Sofiane Djema1Gaëtan Rey2Christel Dartigues-Pallez3Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, CEDEX 2, 06103 Nice, FranceUniversité Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, CEDEX 2, 06103 Nice, FranceUniversité Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, CEDEX 2, 06103 Nice, FranceUniversité Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, CEDEX 2, 06103 Nice, FranceToday, many students are moving towards higher education courses that do not suit them and end up failing. The purpose of this study is to help provide counselors with better knowledge so that they can offer future students courses corresponding to their profile. The second objective is to allow the teaching staff to propose training courses adapted to students by anticipating their possible difficulties. This is possible thanks to a machine learning algorithm called Random Forest, allowing for the classification of the students depending on their results. We had to process data, generate models using our algorithm, and cross the results obtained to have a better final prediction. We tested our method on different use cases, from two classes to five classes. These sets of classes represent the different intervals with an average ranging from 0 to 20. Thus, an accuracy of 75% was achieved with a set of five classes and up to 85% for sets of two and three classes.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/3/92machine learningRandom Forestselection featureorientation
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Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
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machine learning
Random Forest
selection feature
orientation
title Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
title_full Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
title_fullStr Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
title_full_unstemmed Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
title_short Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests
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Random Forest
selection feature
orientation
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