KNN Classification of Kolb Learning Styles: A Comparative Study on Balanced and Unbalanced Datasets
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-360-3_6How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- e-learning; machine learning; KNN; SMOTE; F1 score; precision; recall; accuracy; Kolb learning style
- Abstract
In this work, the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm’s performance was compared across two datasets with various class distributions and sizes. The goal variable, Kolb learning style, and three features—total reading time, total problem-solving time, and total technical demonstration time—were the identical across both datasets. The first dataset had 150 samples with equal class distributions for learning styles that converge, diverge, and assimilate. 306 samples made up the second dataset, which had unbalanced class distributions. The accuracy for the first and second datasets for the KNN algorithm was 86.67% and 98.36%, respectively. The results demonstrated that the KNN algorithm performed well on both datasets. According to the results, the KNN technique can be applied successfully to both balanced and imbalanced datasets, however the class distribution can affect how well the algorithm performs. Consequently, while using the KNN method to their datasets, researchers should carefully analyze the class distribution.
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TY - CONF AU - Waladi Chaimae AU - Lamarti Sefian Mohammed AU - Khaldi Maha AU - Khaldi Mohamed AU - Boudra Said PY - 2024 DA - 2024/02/05 TI - KNN Classification of Kolb Learning Styles: A Comparative Study on Balanced and Unbalanced Datasets BT - Proceedings of the E-Learning and Smart Engineering Systems (ELSES 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 43 EP - 49 SN - 2667-128X UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-360-3_6 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-360-3_6 ID - Chaimae2024 ER -