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Investigating Factors That Predict Progress High Achieving Engineering Students Make Towards Desired Outcomes Of College, Ibukun Osunbunmi
Investigating Factors That Predict Progress High Achieving Engineering Students Make Towards Desired Outcomes Of College, Ibukun Osunbunmi
Student Research Symposium
In an effort to increase the retention and progress undergraduate engineering students are making towards the desired outcome of college, researchers have been investigating what factors influence the academic achievement of students. The desired outcomes of college in this study include intellectual and scholarly development, workforce preparedness, advance in general knowledge, personal development, and scientific and technological skill development. While some studies have shown evidence that students’ engagement and learning skills are important predictors, others have suggested that educational policies, background, and demography of students are significantly associated with students’ academic achievement. In this study, predictive modeling of parents’ educational …
Name-Matching Techniques For Disambiguating Interaction Data, Adam Weaver
Name-Matching Techniques For Disambiguating Interaction Data, Adam Weaver
Student Research Symposium
Fuzzy name matching methods are helpful because names are often misspelled, sound similar, or reside in similar circumstances. A fuzzy name matching process assigns two names a similarity score between 0 and 1 using name-matching techniques (with 1 meaning identical and 0 meaning entirely unique). Fuzzy name matching is used for optimizing customer databases, creating more accurate medical records, or in Social Network Analysis (SNA). To observe the links between students’ social practices and academic performance, our research group is performing a large-scale (1000+ student) SNA through open-response name-generator surveys. Accordingly, the survey responses contain ambiguous names—many of which are …