Title :
Classification and profiles of students based on their motivations concerning higher education
Author :
Habus-Korbar, Anja ; Tepic, Natasa ; Culig, Benjamin ; Luzar-Stiffler, Vesna
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for External Evaluation of Educ. (NCEEE), Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract :
Cluster analysis was used to create segments of high school graduates based on their motivations/opinions regarding their future education. Data for this study were collected using a questionnaire distributed to high school graduates following State Matura exam. The students were asked to evaluate the importance of 13 different reasons/causes for choosing the faculty selected as their first choice. The analysis yielded five meaningful clusters of students that differ not only in motivations but also in achievement on State Matura exams and in their preference regarding the scientific field of their future study.
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; further education; human factors; pattern classification; pattern clustering; State Matura exam; cluster analysis; future education; high school graduates; higher education; motivations; student classification; student profiles; Clustering algorithms; Educational institutions; Instruments; Monte Carlo methods; Scholarships; Synthetic aperture sonar; NCEEE; State Matura; cluster analysis; education; motivation; students; university;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-897-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1330-1012
