Analysis of ICT Factors and Gender Differences Predicting Reading Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Using Random Forest: Focusing on PISA 2018 Data

February 28, 2023  |  Vol.9, No.2  |  PP. 433-443  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Kyung Sook Lee, Education Department, Korea University, South Korea

KEYWORDS:

Random Forest, PISA2018, ICT, Achievement

Abstract

Based on PISA2018 data, this study analyzed the diffence between 11 items of ICT literacy ability as a predictor of reading literacy and math achievement. At this time, gender differences in ICT education were also studied by studing how gender aggects the expression of differences as a preditor vaiable. For the analysis, partial dependence diagram was used to find out the difference in feature importance and positive/negative effects through random forest analysis using a Python program as a machine learing technique. Data visualiazation data was provided so that the diffecences could be seen in graths so that each result could be easily analyzed visually.

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Citations:

APA:
Lee, K. S. (2023). Analysis of ICT Factors and Gender Differences Predicting Reading Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Using Random Forest: Focusing on PISA 2018 Data. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, 9(2), 433-443. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2023.02.35

MLA:
Lee, Kyung Sook, “Analysis of ICT Factors and Gender Differences Predicting Reading Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Using Random Forest: Focusing on PISA 2018 Data.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, 2023, pp. 433-443. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v9n2/35.html.

IEEE:
[1] K. S. Lee, “Analysis of ICT Factors and Gender Differences Predicting Reading Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Using Random Forest: Focusing on PISA 2018 Data.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 433-443, February 2023.