Webcasts on data mining
Moshe Cohen, a current MBA student in my class, pointed out an interesting set of webcasts on data mining called “Best Practices in Data Mining”, by the Insightful corporation. Part I (now archived) describes a few scenarios where data mining is useful in the business context. They show some examples of questions of interest, datasets that are used in such applications, and the analysis process. Of course, their software InsightfulMiner is also showcased. I especially liked the emphasis on data visualization, and the SAS-EM-like “working” chart. They also discuss data preprocessing with some detail on missing values and outliers. Further … Continue reading Webcasts on data mining