Using Customer Knowledge Surveys to Explain Sales of Postgraduate Programs: A Machine Learning Approach

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Universities collect information from each customer that contacts them through their websites and social media profiles. Customer knowledge surveys are the main information-gathering tool used to obtain this information about potential students. In this paper, we propose using the information gained via surveys along with enrolment databases, to group customers into homogeneous clusters in order to identify target customers who are more likely to enroll. The use of such a cluster strategy will increase the probability of converting contacts into customers and will allow the marketing and admission departments to focus on those customers with a greater probability of enrolling, thereby increasing efficiency. The specific characteristics of each cluster and those postgraduate programs that are more likely to be selected are identified. In addition, better insight into customers regarding their enrolment choices thanks to our cluster strategy, will allow universities to personalize their services resulting in greater satisfaction and, consequently, in increased future enrolment.
Year of Publication
2022
Journal
International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
Volume
7
Issue
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Economics, Finance and Business
Number
3
Number of Pages
96-102
Date Published
03/2022
ISSN Number
1989-1660
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