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Explaining predictive models to learning specialists using personas

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Christopher Brooks,

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LAK '14: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge

Pages 26 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/2567574.2567612

Published: 24 March 2014 Publication History

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This paper describes a method we have developed to convert statistical predictive models into visual narratives which explain student classifications. Building off of the work done within the user experience community, we apply the concept of personas to predictive models. These personas provide familiar and memorable descriptions of the learners identified by data mining activities, and bridge the gap between the data scientist and the learning specialist.

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LAK '14: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge

March 2014

301 pages

ISBN:9781450326643

DOI:10.1145/2567574

Conference Chairs:
Mattew Pistilli
Purdue University, IN
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James Willis
Purdue University, IN
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Drew Koch
John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, NC
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Kimberly Arnold
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
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University of Michigan, MI
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Abelardo Pardo
The University of Sydney, Australia

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