Data mining Data mining is simply filtering through large amounts of raw data for useful information that gives businesses a competitive edge. This information is made up of meaningful patterns and trends that are already in the data but were previously unseen. The most popular tool used when mining is artificial intelligence (AI). AI technologies try to work the way the human brain works‚ by making intelligent guesses‚ learning by example‚ and using deductive reasoning. Some of the more popular
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1 Secondary data analysis: an introduction All data are the consequence of one person asking questions of someone else. (Jacob 1984: 43) This chapter introduces the field of secondary data analysis. It begins by considering what it is that we mean by secondary data analysis‚ before describing the type of data that might lend itself to secondary analysis and the ways in which the approach has developed as a research tool in social and educational research. The second part of the chapter considers
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Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks‚ thieves steal employee
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Queenie 1097300104 E5B Data Analysis First Part Personal information: including the participants’ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ marital status and monthly income. Gender As Figure 1 showed‚ there were 45% of female participants and 55% of male. The numbers of the participants of each gender were very close. Age The respondents were all my friends on Facebook; as the result‚ the majority (73%) of their age was in the range of 16-20‚ as seen in Figure 2. Figure 1: Gender
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Data Mining DeMarcus Montgomery Dr. Janet Durgin CIS 500 June 9‚ 2013 Determine the benefits of data mining to the businesses when employing 1. Predictive analytics to understand the behavior of customers Predictive analytics is business intelligence technology that produces a predictive score for each customer or other organizational element. Assigning these predictive scores is the job of a predictive model‚ which has‚ in turn been trained over your data‚ learning from the experience
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1) ________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion. 1) _______ A) A number B) Information C) A symbol D) A character 2) Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data-processing functions of a computer? 2) _______ A) storing the data or information B) gathering data C) analyzing the data or information D) processing data into information
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Reports Number 20187 Department of Geomatics Engineering Automated Extraction of Digital Terrain Models‚ Roads and Buildings Using Airborne Lidar Data (URL: http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/links/GradTheses.html) by Yong Hu October 2003 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Automated Extraction of Digital Terrain Models‚ Roads and Buildings Using Airborne Lidar Data by YONG HU A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
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WEEK-3 Data Abstraction Destructors • Destructors are functions without any type • The name of a destructor is the character ’~’ followed by class name – For example: ~clockType(); • A class can have only one destructor – The destructor has no parameters • Destructor automatically executes when the class object goes out of scope C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures‚ Sixth Edition 2 Data Abstract‚ Classes‚ and Abstract Data Types • Abstraction – i
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.......................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 Non-functional requirement ............................................................................................. 5 3. Logical design: Data Modeling (ERD) .................................................................................... 6 4. Logical design: Process Modeling (DFD) ............................................................................... 9 5. Decision
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Name: Class: AEI-B Student Number: Graded Writing Assignment 1 – Data Commentary – Chart #5 According to a chart created by using the IMF DataMapper‚ the real per capita GDP of several Asian countries has risen since 2008 and will continue to rise. Despite this similarity‚ the Asian countries in the chart can be divided into four groups. The data in the chart indicates that Malaysia is moderately distinguished among other Asian countries. Since 2008‚ it has become the highest per
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