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Analysis and Prediction of QS World University Rankings based on Data Mining Technology

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Xianglan HanAuthors Info & Claims

ICEMT '22: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology

Pages 60 - 64

https://doi.org/10.1145/3551708.3556207

Published: 18 November 2022 Publication History

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University rankings are increasingly important as a means of evaluating the quality of higher education institutions. They are significant not only in the recruitment of students but also in the allocation of government funds for higher education. The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking system is currently one of the most well-known world university rankings. We provide insights into the QS world university rankings 2022, which is based on six simple indicators to represent university performance. This study consists of two parts. In the first part, the geographical coverage of the ranking list is analyzed. Then, the histogram and kernel density estimation are utilized to detect the distribution of each indicator. Next, a heat map based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient is plotted to display the correlations between indicators. In the second part, three regression models, namely linear regression, random forest regression, and XGBoost, are used to identify which technique is more appropriate to predict the performance of a university. In order to access their accuracy, the MAE (Mean Absolute Error), MSE (Mean Squared Error), and RMSE (Root Mean Squared Error) of the three models are compared. The results of the experiments demonstrate that XGBoost has the best performance in predicting university rankings. This research provides a better understanding of the QS ranking system.

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