# Applying Data Driven Decision Making to rank Vocational and Educational Training Programs with TOPSIS

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00017 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.00017/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 0 of its 37 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Oct 2024.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [A multi-criteria decision support system to evaluate the effectiveness of training courses on citizens' employability](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.01351/) (2024)
- [Recommending the right academic programs: An interest mining approach using BERTopic](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.06581/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper we present a multi-criteria classification of Vocational and Educational Programs in Extremadura (Spain) during the period 2009-2016. This ranking has been carried out through the integration into a complete database of the detailed information of individuals finishing such studies together with their labor data. The multicriteria method used is TOPSIS together with a new decision support method for assessing the influence of each criterion and its dependence on the weights assigned to them. This new method is based on a worst-best case scenario analysis and it is compared to a well known global sensitivity analysis technique based on the Pearson's correlation ratio.