Research Article

Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences

Volume: 8 Number: 1 March 12, 2019
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Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed undergraduate program preferences of students by using complex network analysis techniques. We collected program preferences data from the YokAtlas portal provided by the Council of Higher Education using a web crawler we developed. We constructed a kind of co-occurrence network we called co-preference network of 622 nodes and 6,136 edges from the collected raw data. We performed a comprehensive exploratory complex network analysis on the co-preference network using Cytoscape and NodeXL tools. Using several node centrality measures, we identified the most popular programs that students frequently preferred together with other programs. In addition, we observed the clusters of programs embedded in the network using several network community detection methods. Finally, we performed a structure analysis to compare our network to a corresponding random network, and we showed that our network had the common characteristic properties that many real-world networks exhibit.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

March 12, 2019

Submission Date

July 26, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Tunalı, V., & Güvenoğlu, E. (2019). Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, 8(1), 176-186. https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.448039
AMA
1.Tunalı V, Güvenoğlu E. Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019;8(1):176-186. doi:10.17798/bitlisfen.448039
Chicago
Tunalı, Volkan, and Erdal Güvenoğlu. 2019. “Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 8 (1): 176-86. https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.448039.
EndNote
Tunalı V, Güvenoğlu E (March 1, 2019) Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 8 1 176–186.
IEEE
[1]V. Tunalı and E. Güvenoğlu, “Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences”, Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 176–186, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.17798/bitlisfen.448039.
ISNAD
Tunalı, Volkan - Güvenoğlu, Erdal. “Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 8/1 (March 1, 2019): 176-186. https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.448039.
JAMA
1.Tunalı V, Güvenoğlu E. Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019;8:176–186.
MLA
Tunalı, Volkan, and Erdal Güvenoğlu. “Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 176-8, doi:10.17798/bitlisfen.448039.
Vancouver
1.Volkan Tunalı, Erdal Güvenoğlu. Complex Network Analysis Approach to Examining Undergraduate Program Preferences. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019 Mar. 1;8(1):176-8. doi:10.17798/bitlisfen.448039

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