Title
Prediction of university dropout through technological factors: A case study in Ecuador
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Revista Espacios
Abstract
Predicting dropout in universities has become a concern in several countries around the world. With the introduction of new information and communication technologies, new factors have appeared that influence student dropout in universities. This article proposes an approach to machine learning based on logistic regression techniques and decision trees and factors such as Internet addiction, addiction to social networks and addiction to technology, that affect the desertion of students in universities. As a result, it was obtained that the technique with the highest percentage of dropout precision was decision trees with 91.70%.
Volume
39
Issue
52
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85058960432
Source
Espacios
ISSN of the container
07981015
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