Ranking Selangor’s Kindergarten of Malaysia: Using Data Development Analysis
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 11
Abstract
Sending children to kindergarten at the early age can be considered as very important responsibilities for parent nowadays. In this study, it is supposed that a parent wants to get decision which kindergarten from 12 kindergartens of Selangor, Malaysia, should be selected to enroll their child. For each kindergarten 6 factors are selected inclusive 4 inputs such as expected number of students, cost of operating in a month, time in travelling and tuition fee per student and 2 outputs such as number of teachers and area of school. The study shows how a recent robust Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, Kourosh and Arash Model (KAM) is applied to rank all kindergartens significantly, and suggests the best selection to the parent. Microsoft Excel Solver 2013 is used to solve KAM and represent its outcomes. Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, Ranking, Kourosh and Arash method, Kindergarten
Authors and Affiliations
Robaisya Rahmat, Nina Suhaila Hamizin, Haslina Kamaludin, Dariush Khezrimotlagh
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