Table 1 Description of investigated dataset, with Context1 and Context2 denoting two problem contexts of before- and after-first-year prediction
From: Generating descriptive model for student dropout: a review of clustering approach
Feature | Data type | Context1 | Context2 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Nominal | Applicable | Applicable | Student’s sex |
Province | Nominal | Applicable | Applicable | Student’s home province |
Type | Nominal | Applicable | Applicable | Type of university entry |
Department | Nominal | Applicable | Applicable | Academic department |
S-GPAX | Numerical | Applicable | Applicable | School grade (Overall) |
S-GPA1 | Numerical | Applicable | Applicable | School grade (English) |
S-GPA2 | Numerical | Applicable | Applicable | School grade (Mathematics) |
S-GPA3 | Numerical | Applicable | Applicable | School grade (Science) |
S-GPA4 | Numerical | Applicable | Applicable | School grade (General) |
GPAX | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Student’s university grade |
A ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade A |
B+ ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade B+ |
B ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade B |
C+ ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade C+ |
C ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade C |
D+ ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade D+ |
D ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade D |
F ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade F |
S ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade S |
U ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of subject with grade U |
W ratio | Numerical | n/a | Applicable | Ratio of withdrawn subject |