Data Mining for the Masses, Second Edition: with implementations in RapidMiner and R - Softcover

North, Dr. Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523321431 ISBN 13: 9781523321438

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

We live in a world that generates tremendous amounts of data—more than ever before. In business, and in our personal lives, we use smartphones and tablets, web sites and watches; with dozens of apps and interfaces to shop, learn, entertain and inform. Businesses increasingly use technology to interact with consumers to provide marketing, customer service, product information and more. All of this technological activity generates data—data that can be useful in many ways.

Data mining can help to identify interesting patterns and messages that exist, often hidden beneath the surface. In this modern age of information systems, it is easier than ever before to extract meaning from data. From classification to prediction, data mining can help.

In Data Mining for the Masses, Second Edition, professor Matt North—a former risk analyst and software engineer at eBay—uses simple examples and clear explanations with free, powerful software tools to teach you the basics of data mining. In this Second Edition, implementations of these examples are offered in both an updated version of the RapidMiner software, and in the popular R Statistical Package.

You’ve got more data than ever before and you know it’s got value, if only you can figure out how to get to it. This book can show you how. Let’s start digging!

Author's Note: The first edition of this text continues to be available for download, free of charge as a PDF file, from the GlobalText online library.

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About the Author

Dr. Matthew North is a professor of Information Systems at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, USA. He has taught courses in database design, management, administration, security and data mining for more than a decade, and previously worked in industry as a software engineer and data miner, most recently at eBay.com. He has previously held professorships at Washington & Jefferson College, The College of Idaho, and as a Fulbright Specialist at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional is Santa Fe, Argentina. He continues to consult with various organizations on data mining projects as well. Dr. North holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American History and Portuguese from Brigham Young University; a Master of Science in Business Information Systems from Utah State University; and a Doctorate in Technology Education from West Virginia University. He is the author of the book Life Lessons & Leadership (Agami Press, 2011), and numerous papers and articles on technology and pedagogy. His dissertation, on the topic of teaching models and learning styles in introductory data mining courses, earned him a New Faculty Fellows award from the Center for Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE); and in 2010, he was awarded the Ben Bauman Award for Excellence by the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS).

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1523321431
• ISBN 13: 9781523321438
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Bijlani Nivedita, Brauer Erica