Binary logistic regression for identification of high school student interest in Banda Aceh city in continuing study at Universitas Syiah Kuala

Abstract

Universitas Syiah Kuala is the oldest university in Aceh. The campus has the nickname of the jantong hate campus to the Acehnese people, which of course can be interpreted as the campus of pride of the Acehnese people. Universitas Syiah Kuala increased its accreditation status from C to A accreditation awarded by the research, technology and higher education ministry. This showed a very significant quality of improvement. With this condition a study was conducted on the interest of high school students in the Banda Aceh City in choosing Universitas Syiah Kuala as a place to study. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the interest of Banda high school students in continuing their studies to Universitas Syiah Kuala and get a model of interest in the Banda Aceh city students through a binary logistic regression approach. The results show that the factors that influence students' interest in continuing their studies at Universitas Syiah Kuala are the ability to be affiliated with others, goals, and expectations. With the binary logistic regression model obtained, it can be seen the tendency of students to continue their studies at Universitas Syiah Kuala.