Work place: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
E-mail: mueen@kau.edu.sa
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Research Interests: Computational Learning Theory, Image Compression, Image Manipulation, Image Processing, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Data Structures and Algorithms
Biography
Dr. Ahmed Mueen is an assistant professor in King Abdulaziz University Jeddah. His research interests include Machine learning, Data Mining, image classification, Game-based learning, information retrieval, and image processing.
By Ahmed Mueen Bassam Zafar Umar Manzoor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2016.11.05, Pub. Date: 8 Nov. 2016
The main objective of this study is to apply data mining techniques to predict and analyze students' academic performance based on their academic record and forum participation. Educational Data Mining (EDM) is an emerging tool for academic intervention. The educational institutions can use EDU for extensive analysis of students’ characteristics. In this study, we have collected students’ data from two undergraduate courses. Three different data mining classification algorithms (Naïve Bayes, Neural Network, and Decision Tree) were used on the dataset. The prediction performance of three classifiers are measured and compared. It was observed that Naïve Bayes classifier outperforms other two classifiers by achieving overall prediction accuracy of 86%. This study will help teachers to improve student academic performance.
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