DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE AWARDED IN THE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS BY MACBETH METHOD

Today, the decision problems faced by educational institutions have become quite complex. Under complex competition conditions, it is necessary to solve these complex decision problems with quantitative decision analysis methods. Recently for this reason multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methods based on operations research have been frequently used. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the usability of the MCDM methods in the decision problems faced by the administrators of the educational institutions and to raise awareness among the researchers working on this subject. It is clear in the literature that educational institutions solve different decision problems by using MCDM methods. However, there are few studies that use decision analysis methods in the selection of students who will receive awards. The filling of this gap in the literature is among the other purposes of the study. In the application part of the study, the problem of detection of the students who will be awarded in a secondary school operating in Düzce was evaluated by MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique) method. All required data for the analysis were obtained from the managers of the relevant educational institution. These managers were also accepted as decision makers at the same time. Criteria and alternatives of the solution model created by the opinions of decision makers and related literature. As a result of the analyzes, A1 (Yasin) the first, A2 (Nazar) the second and A3 (Sude) the third was become. The MACBETH method was used to determine a fair choice structure in the study. The use of artificial intelligence or hybrid methods is recommended in subsequent studies