Predicting Suitable careers through use of Snakes and Ladder Game

Abstract

© 2020, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved. Choice of a career in the Initial stages of the graduating a professional degree plays long lasting impact on a student and has great impact on the very life of the student. Predicting suitable careers to the students involves assessment of Psychology of the studentsas every job requires some level of psychology so that the student would be able to carry on the Job to the utmost satisfaction of the employers. Games are quite frequently used for assessing the Psychology of the students. Snakes and ladder Games played by the students is primarily dependent on Luck. The game playing is modified through addition of rules such that the Game is played based on the knowledge and intelligence of the student. A cognitive model for assessment of Psychology of the student based on modified Snakes and ladder Game and an expert system is presented that combines different Psychological factors and provides a platform for prediction of suitable careers to the student. Experiments have been conducted by making several students play the game leading to the prediction of careers suitable to the students. The Prediction accuracy has been found to be 95%.