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

Keywords

Related Articles

The Analysis of Indonesia Maize Trade Position and Imported Maize Dependency Level In Domestic Market

Abstract:This paper attempts to analyze local maize performance compare with imported maize and examine some factors influencing imported maize dependency in Indonesia. This research employed the TSI method to measure tr...

PEST Analysis of the Health Care Sector in Coimbatore District

The research seeks to identify the key macro environmental forces that dictate the health care scenario of Coimbatore a global medical destination in theIndian state of Tamilnadu.Anexploratory study involving 350 samples...

The Use of Facebook in Information Service Delivery in Academic Libraries in Niger Delta, Nigeria

The deployment of social networking sites in university libraries has changed the way information is disseminated and used by members of the university community. The use of new technologies like Facebook, Blogs, Twitter...

Capital Market: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract:Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) is one of the renowned investment banks in Bangladesh. As an investment bank, ICB has been performing its merchandising and financial assistance operations since its in...

Patient Expectation and Perception Regarding the New Scheme in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Abstract:To contribute to India’s target towards the achievement of fourth and fifth Millennium Development Goals (MDG) namely Reduce Child Mortality and Improve Maternal Health respectively, a new scheme called “Narayan...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP384963
  • DOI -
  • Views 113
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Robaisya Rahmat, Nina Suhaila Hamizin, Haslina Kamaludin, Dariush Khezrimotlagh (2014). Ranking Selangor’s Kindergarten of Malaysia: Using Data Development Analysis. Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 1(11), 576-579. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-384963