Table 1 Background information of students
From: Precision education with statistical learning and deep learning: a case study in Taiwan
Total | Current students | Dropout students | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | p value |
No. of students | 3552 (100) | 3140 (88.40) | 412 (11.60) | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 2093 (58.92) | 1896 (60.38) | 197 (47.82) | < .001 |
Male | 1459 (41.08) | 1244 (39.62) | 215 (52.18) | |
Disadvantaged status | ||||
No | 2725 (76.72) | 2409 (76.72) | 316 (76.7) | .993 |
Yes | 827 (23.28) | 731 (23.28) | 96 (23.30) | |
High school | ||||
Public | 1964 (55.29) | 1738 (55.35) | 226 (54.85) | .849 |
Private | 1588 (44.71) | 1402 (44.65) | 186 (45.15) | |
Dynamic of class ranking percentage (Academic performance) | ||||
Maintained/Improved | 2048 (57.66) | 1847 (58.82) | 201 (48.79) | .001 |
Deteriorated | 1504 (42.34) | 1293 (41.18) | 211 (51.21) | |
Student loan application | ||||
No | 2457 (69.17) | 2203 (70.16) | 254 (61.65) | < .001 |
Yes | 1095 (30.83) | 937 (29.84) | 158 (38.35) | |
No. of absences from school | ||||
< 40 | 2817 (79.31) | 2605 (82.96) | 212 (51.46) | < .001 |
≥ 40 | 735 (20.69) | 535 (17.04) | 200 (48.54) | |
No. of alerted subjects | ||||
< 2 | 2997 (84.38) | 2753 (87.68) | 244 (59.22) | < .001 |
≥ 2 | 555 (15.63) | 387 (12.32) | 168 (40.78) | |
Served as a class cadre | ||||
No | 2645 (74.47) | 2337 (74.43) | 308 (74.76) | .885 |
Yes | 907 (25.53) | 803 (25.57) | 104 (25.24) | |
Part-time job experience | ||||
No | 3513 (98.9) | 3104 (98.85) | 409 (99.27) | .444 |
Yes | 39 (1.10) | 36 (1.15) | 3 (0.73) | |