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* Models predicting college dropout for students in residential and fully online program
* Models predicting college dropout for students in residential and fully online program
* Whether the socio-demographic information was included or not, the model showed worse accuracy and true negative rates for first-generation students who are studying in person
* Whether the socio-demographic information was included or not, the model showed worse accuracy and true negative rates for first-generation students who are studying in person
* The model showed better recall for first-generation students
* The model showed better recall for first-generation students, especially for those studying in person

Revision as of 09:14, 18 May 2022

Kai et al. (2017) pdf

  • Models predicting student retention in an online college program
  • J-48 decision trees achieved much higher Kappa and AUC for students whose parents did not attend college than those whose parents did
  • J-Rip decision rules achieved much higher Kappa and AUC for students whose parents did not attended college than those whose parents did


Yu et al. (2020) pdf

  • Models predicting undergraduate course grades and average GPA
  • First-generation college students were inaccurately predicted to get lower course grade and average GPA
  • Fairness of models improved with the inclusion of clickstream and survey data


Yu et al. (2021) pdf

  • Models predicting college dropout for students in residential and fully online program
  • Whether the socio-demographic information was included or not, the model showed worse accuracy and true negative rates for first-generation students who are studying in person
  • The model showed better recall for first-generation students, especially for those studying in person