Machine Learning-Based Classification for Scholarship Selection

Abstract

University of Muhammadiyah Sukabumi (UMMI) is a university that accepts KIP scholarship every year. However, KIP student applicants always exceed the quota, so it requires a re-selection process to determine KIP Shcolarship Awardee. UMMI does not have a clear method to support decisions in the selection process for KIP Shcholarship Awardee. To solve this problem, a classification modeling process will be carried out from previous data using machine learning algorithms, namely with Decision Tree (DT) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithms. The general method for its development uses the SEMMA method (Sample, Explore, Modify, Model, Assess). Starting with collecting a dataset of KIP recipients studying at UMMI from 2021-2022 which amounted to 519 data with 16 attributes. From the results of exploration, the main attributes that became features for modeling were DTKS Status, P3KE Status, Combined income of father and mother and achievement. These attributes are converted into numeric data for easy data modeling. The results of K-Fold Cross-Validation for the DT model in the case of classification of KIP Kuliah recipients resulted in an accuracy of 78.44% of the entire test dataset, a precision of 0.73107 indicating that 73.11% of the model's predictions were correct, recall (sensitivity level) of 78.45% and an F1 score of 73.20%. The results of modeling and validation with SVM are 80.17% accuracy, 84.44% precision and 80.17% recall. The SVM model shows slightly better in terms of accuracy and precision, both models show competitive performance in classifying KIP scholarship recipients studying at UMMI.