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Application of the K-medians Clustering Algorithm for Test Analysis in E-learning

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Software Engineering Application in Systems Design (CoMeSySo 2022)

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E-education allows significantly automating the learning process. One of the key elements of e-learning is testing. The use of tests allows an objective and unbiased assessment of student knowledge. However, this automated approach requires high-quality tests that are relevant to the theoretical material and practical skills acquired by the student while taking an e-learning course. This paper proposes the use of the K-medians clustering algorithm, which makes it possible to divide the test questions into separate clusters in order to analyze them and further improve the tests, and possibly the entire e-course as a whole. The paper presents fragments of program code that can be used by other researchers in solving clustering problems.

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  1. University of Central Asia, Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic

    Ayman Aljarbouh

  2. MIREA—Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA), Moscow, Russia

    Roman Tsarev

  3. V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Roman Tsarev

  4. International Academy of Science and Technologies, Moscow, Russia

    Roman Tsarev

  5. University of Granada, Ceuta, Spain

    Adrián Segura Robles

  6. PT Taplink Digital Global, Kuta, Indonesia

    Sergei Elkin

  7. Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    Sergei Elkin

  8. Yakut State Agricultural Academy, Yakutsk, Russia

    Irina Gogoleva

  9. M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, 58, Belinsky Street, Yakutsk, 677027, Russia

    Irina Nikolaeva

  10. N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Ivetta Varyan

  11. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Ivetta Varyan

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Aljarbouh, A. et al. (2023). Application of the K-medians Clustering Algorithm for Test Analysis in E-learning. In: Silhavy, R., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Software Engineering Application in Systems Design. CoMeSySo 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 596. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21435-6_21

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