investigating the effect of students socio-economic/family background on students academic performance in tertiary institutions using decision tree algorithms A. B. Adeyemo (Ph.D)1 and S. O. Kuyoro (M.Sc.)2 Department of Computer Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Abstract The causes of the difference in the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions has for a long time been the focus of study among higher education managers, parents, government and researchers. The cause
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attribute for “TYPE” which could be either ITALIAN or FRENCH. Define an algorithm for dealing with missing attributes and partially specified attributes,which includes the modified calculation for information gain use to make splitting decisions. Generate a decision tree for this example using your new algorithm. Answer There are a lot of ways of answering this question. One algorithm is as follows: For a training instance with multivalued attributes, I will duplicate that instance by the number
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have gaps possibly from the building settling * Water is not properly drained from the building. * Spider web pattern of cracks forming on the foundation. * The roof has tar paper that is pulled up in one section along with bird nests and tree branches. * There are also charred markings around the exhaust vent of the hood system. These are all potentially hazardous situations for our guest and staff. If we do not take action to fix these issues it will not only affect our bottom line
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Fall - A Time Transition The fall season has many meanings for me. It is a time of transition that takes us from warm balmy days to the more harsh weather of winter. It's a time that takes us from the spectacle of nature in full bloom, to nature in hibernation. The signs of this transition are everywhere. The vivid colors of summer fade away, the color of the sky changes from deep blue to gray. The green fades from the grass and plants lose their blossoms. The leaves on the trees turn color, and
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The Ecosystem of the Rainforest An ecosystem is a relationship among the living and non-living organisms in a designated area and the environment in which they interact with. It includes plants, trees, animals, water, and soil. The rainforest ecosystem includes a variety of species, plants, and animals. All living organisms in this ecosystem physically adapt to the rain. The climate in the rainforest is very humid due the amount of rainfall. A tropical rainforest is very hot and wet; this type
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Apples and Oranges Many of us have heard the saying, "That's like comparing apples and oranges." There is some truth to that statement. After looking at similarities and differences are not all that different of a fruit. Apples and oranges have a plethora of things in common as well as many things that differ. Apples and oranges have a great many things in common with each other. They both have the same approximate size and weight. Often both are used in juggling acts as well as used to take
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“Arbol Grande, Guajiro Yo” has a tree painted in the middle. The tree has many colorful leaves. There is a man sitting beneath the tree, who is smoking a cigar. Apparently, because of the smoking his doing, he is surrounded by a cloud of smoke. The man is wearing a hat and has a mustache on his face. Also, there are flowers on the bottom of the painting, this is the ground of the picture. The painting has many colors; for example, the leaves of the tree are green, yellow, orange
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Emeri Acosta Mrs. Aileen-Mata English 4 AP “Four Skinny Trees” by Sandra Cisneros “Four Skinny Trees”, by Sandra Cisneros is a chapter taken out of her book The House on Mango Street. The book is about a girl moving to a different house and hoe she doesn’t fit in. There she also encounters different situations that make her become a mature girl and see things in a different perspective. “Four Skinny Trees: is full of literary terms, personification which Cisneros uses to help Esperanza become
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would present their activities during school functions. 6. A separate column (earth column /my earth) on a wall magazine to present their successfully completed assignments. 7. Unused lands will be used for flowering and planting the sapling of tree. 8. Separate plants to each green club members will be given for one year of which, they need to take full care of their plants. 9. Field visit such as zoo, local community forest and nurseries tri-monthly with specific theme. 10. Help
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this trip since we had not even look before a proper rubber tree since we were born. We were also curious about how rubber tree can make so much money by collecting the latex early in the morning that we heard from our ancestors. We reached RRIM at Sungai Buloh after half an hour. When we arrived, we started to bring out our cameras to take photograph of the rubber tree. We even knew the background of RRIM and clones of rubber tree from the person in charge. Henry Wicham had collected 9 rubber
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