Application of Classification Method C4.5 on Selection of Exemplary Teachers

Abstract

Abstract The study aims to analyze the selection of exemplary teachers using C4.5 algorithm, which is one of the existing decision tree methods in data mining theory. Teacher data was obtained from the school in SMA Negeri 2 Pematangsiantar (2010-2016). The data used contains information about teacher history and teacher assessment data. This research uses interview technique and questionnaire in obtaining data. There are 11 attributes used in the assessment process: NUPTK, name, age, education, status, Appointment Letter, competence, award, work, teaching load, personality, Position, and label. The system has been tested using the Rapidminer application with 16 data samples. Where the rules are obtained as many as 24 rules. The level of accuracy of the system states that four of the ten attributes have a very significant correlation to the model of relationship rules in determining the proposed model teacher, such as (Position, competence, education, and personality). The four attributes (Position, competence, education, and personality) contribute 82.8% to the model of the rule of connectedness rules in determining the best teacher.