After reading the article from Tom Khabaza, I want to discuss some aspects of it with you. The article is in general nicely written and shows the experience of the author, however I do have comments for some of the laws. In the first law, it is stated that that there is no data mining without business objective. While…
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Yes, data mining can have an effect. And I'm not thinking about the effect you feel when you do
the most exciting job in the world. In this post, I want to discuss the effect of applying data mining in an iterative way (call it the data mining bias if you prefer). Let me explain this topic with a concrete example.
Think about market basket analysis (association…
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I recently came across interesting articles regarding statistics and data mining. Here they are:
- Basic Errors to Avoid When Interpreting Survey Statistics: As noted by the author, "[...] not all statistics are created equal". The articles shows the statistics interpretation issues with the case of a Mac market share press release.
- Predictive Analytics for Materials Science: George Fitzgerald explains possible application for analytics in R&D with a focus on material
Today, Data Mining Research blog is celebrating its 5 years of existence. Yes, 5 years! It's may seem young, but in the data mining blogosphere, it's huge :-) So I will use this post for various thoughts.
First, I would like to thank you, the readers of Data Mining Research. As of today, DMR has more 2000+ RSS subscribers and 7000+ monthly visits. Thanks to the people who spread the word…
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