In the real-life there are many academic situations, where relatively
small data sets are normal, at least from the HEIs point of
view. Therefore, the data which is collected on courses that students
take is a good example of such situation. Even if the course
is attended by a relatively large group of students the relevant data
is considered to be a small dataset.
Andonie (2010) even suggested that there is no universal optimal
solution to the problem of small datasets. So what possibilities
are available to the HEIs if they want to explore the success rate of
students in various courses using contemporary but widely available
data mining tools? Student’s data, available to HEIs is limited
and clearly fall into the category of small data set (Table 1). The
described approach in this study is very popular and well supported
by data mining tools.
The research goal is to focus