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Estimating Student Retention and Degree-Completion Time: Decision Trees and Neural Networks Vis-a-Vis Regression
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Herzog, Serge – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
Focusing on student retention and time to degree completion, this study illustrates how institutional researchers may benefit from the power of predictive analyses associated with data-mining tools. The following are appended: (1) Predictors; and (2) Variable Definitions. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Time to Degree, Institutional Research, Academic Persistence