Bassam Zafar

Work place: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah

E-mail: bzafar@kau.edu.sa

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Research Interests: Computer Architecture and Organization, Information Systems, Information Retrieval, Multimedia Information System, Social Information Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms

Biography

Dr. Bassam Zafar received his BS in Electronic Engineering and Communication, his MS in Information Technology and his PhD in Computer Science from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, Manchester, UK, in 2003, 2004 and 2008 respectively. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudia Arabia.

Author Articles
Modeling and Predicting Students’ Academic Performance Using Data Mining Techniques

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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