The quality of education is crucial for its competitiveness in the developing world.
International tests are organized at regular intervals to measure the quality of education and …

Education is the foundation of economic, social, and cultural development for every
individual and society as a whole. Students are accepted to secondary education institutions …

Variable selection is an important topic in linear regression analysis. In practice, a large
number of predictors usually are introduced at the initial stage of modeling to attenuate …

Variable selection is an important topic in linear regression analysis. In practice, a large
number of predictors usually are introduced at the initial stage of modeling to attenuate …

A substantial body of research has been conducted on variables relating to students'
mathematics achievement with TIMSS. However, most studies have employed conventional …

Educational data mining (EDM) is an important research area which has an ability of
analyzing and modeling educational data. Obtained outputs from EDM help researchers and …

In this paper, a new method of selection variables is presented to select some essential
variables from large datasets. The new model is a modified version of the Elastic Net model …

Artificial neural networks are carried out with success in various research areas for the
settlement of classification, clustering and regression problems. It could also be used for …

Investigating effective factors on students' achievement has wide application area in
educational studies. Specially, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study …

This study aimed to investigate the comparability of ability parameter estimation in
computerized adaptive with paper-pencil testing and finding the algorithm for optimal …