Section $3$: Strategy Proposal$$

Propose ethical strategies:$$

$-$Identify measures for data protection, obtaining informed consent, and maintaining transparency.$$

$-$Recommend steps to reduce bias in the data mining process.$$

Develop a stakeholder education plan:$$

$-$Create a plan for educating stakeholders about ethical data use.$$

$-$Outline communication strategies for effectively sharing information about ethical practices. Choose $1$ of the following scenarios to complete your assessment:

$-$ Scenario $1$: Predicting Student Dropout Rates

$-$ Context: At a university, the administration is concerned about the increasing dropout rates, especially among first$-$generation college students. They decide to implement a data mining project to predict which students are at risk of dropping out. The project uses historical data, including academic performance $($GPA$),$ attendance records, engagement in campus activities, and personal demographics such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.