A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Sequence Analysis in Education: Principles, Technique, and Tutorial with R
Authors: Saqr, Mohammed; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Helske, Satu; Durand, Marion; Murphy, Keefe; Studer, Matthias; Ritschard, Gilbert
Editors: Mohammed Saqr, Sonsoles López-Pernas
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication year: 2024
Book title : Learning Analytics Methods and Tutorials A Practical Guide Using R
First page : 321
Last page: 354
ISBN: 978-3-031-54463-7
eISBN: 978-3-031-54464-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54464-4_10
Web address : http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54464-4_10
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/459133588
Sequence analysis is a data mining technique that is increasingly gaining ground in learning analytics. Sequence analysis enables researchers to extract meaningful insights from sequential data, i.e., to summarize the sequential patterns of learning data and classify those patterns into homogeneous groups. In this chapter, readers will become familiar with sequence analysis techniques and tools through real-life step-by-step examples of sequential trace log data of students’ online activities. Readers will be guided on how to visualize the common sequence plots and interpret such visualizations. An essential part of sequence analysis is the discovery of patterns within sequences through clustering techniques. Therefore, this chapter will demonstrate the various sequence clustering methods, calculator of cluster indices, and evaluation of clustering results.
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