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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SUPERVISED FEATURE SELECTION METHODS FOR PREDICTING UANG KULIAH TUNGGAL (UKT) GROUPS Putri, Windy Chikita Cornia; Yustanti, Wiyli; Yohannes, Ervin
J-Icon : Jurnal Komputer dan Informatika Vol 13 No 2 (2025): October 2025
Publisher : Universitas Nusa Cendana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/jicon.v13i2.23893

Abstract

The manual classification of Uang Kuliah Tunggal (UKT) groups at Indonesian public universities is laborious, subjective, and error-prone, especially given the explosion of socio-economic data captured via online admission portals. In this study, we evaluate five feature selection techniques Chi-Square filter, Random Forest importance, Recursive Feature Elimination, LASSO embedded selection, and Exploratory Factor Analysis on a dataset of 9,369 applicants described by 53 socio-economic variables. Six classifiers (Decision Tree, Random Forest, SVM-RBF, K-Nearest Neighbor, and Naïve Bayes) were tuned via stratified 5-fold cross-validation within an 80:20 train-test split. Performance was measured by accuracy, macro-F1, and training time, and differences in weighted-average accuracy across feature-selection scenarios were assessed using the Friedman test (χ² = 15.06, p = 0.010). Results show that reducing to 13 features via LASSO (weighted-average accuracy 0.730) or Chi-Square (0.678) significantly outperforms both the full feature baseline (0.624) and the EFA baseline (0.303), while cutting computational costs by over 40%. We conclude that supervised feature selection particularly LASSO and Chi-Square enables simpler, faster, and more transparent UKT prediction without sacrificing accuracy. The novelty of this study lies in comparing five feature-selection methods within a standardized preprocessing pipeline on real UKT data from UNESA, resulting in a 13-feature subset aligned with the current UKT policy. This finding is ready to be integrated into an automated UKT verification system to enhance decision accuracy and efficiency.
Co-Authors Ainandita Riwipapusa Akbar, Rafy Aulia Alpiana, Intan Andi Iwan Nurhidayat ANITA QOIRIAH ARI KURNIAWAN Ariyanto, Savira Rahmania Putri Atmaja, Raden Mas Rizqi Wahyu Panca Kusuma Aulia Akbar, Rafy Aulia, Novi Rosidhatul Aviana, Anisah Nurul Ayuningtyas, Nimas Bayu Budi Prakoso choirullah, Sultan CHOIRUN NISA Dani, Andrea Dini Amalia, Dini Ervin Yohannes FAHRIYA, KHUSNIATUL Farid Baskoro Fitriani, Erlina Eka Haristyarini, Raniar Hartanto, Unung Istopo Hasanah, Rohmatul I Gusti Putu Asto Buditjahjanto I Nyoman Budiantara Iqbal, Kevin Satria Muhammad IRMA FEBRIYANTI Iskandar Java, Muhammad Istianah, Eva Istopo Hartanto, Unung Karputri, Diah Leni Kurnia Putri, Nabiilah Winda Kurniasari, Calycha Lumban Gaol, Gebryana Hotmida Lamtiar Maulidia, Ridhotul Meidyan, Martinus Ade meilita, Bunga Mohammad Akbar, Mohammad Muhammad Risalah Naufal Mutmainah Mutmainah Nabila Putri Listyanto Naim Rochmawati Nautika, Puji Septiyana Nuraini, Ulfa Siti Nurlyan, Reynisa Beta Prasetyo, Andhika Edo Pratiwi, Enggarbela Ogi Intan Priadana, Benny Widya Purwani, Susi Putra, Fachrian Bimantoro Putri, Windy Chikita Cornia Putu Asto Buditjahjanto, I Gusti Rachmaddhani, Gilang Raden Mohamad Herdian Bhakti Rahayu, Aulia Anisa Puji Rahman, Naufal Aditya Rahmawati, Naim Ricky Eka Putra Rina Harimurti Rizal, Mochammad Rochmawati, Naim Saharani, Salsabilla Putri Saputra, Andika Dermawan Shofa, Ahmad Khoiru Sifriyani, Sifriyani Suroto Suroto Syandika, Novliyan Dimas Vebriani, Mutiara Widi Aribowo Wulandari, Rahmah Yanna, Siti Mahmudah Putri YUNI YAMASARI