A Survey of Machine Learning Approaches and Techniques for Student Dropout Prediction

School dropout is absenteeism from school for no good reason for a continuous number of days. Addressing this challenge requires a thorough understanding of the underlying issues and effective planning for interventions. Over the years machine learning has gained much attention on addressing the pro...

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Published in:	Data Science Journal
Main Authors:	Neema Mduma, Khamisi Kalegele, Dina Machuve
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ubiquity Press 2019-04-01
Subjects:	Machine Learning (ML) Imbalanced learning classification Secondary education
Online Access:	https://datascience.codata.org/articles/896

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