Introduction BIM
Objectives Nature of Data Mining Data Mining Tools Ethics Online Survey Techniques Interpret Data
Overview Data Mining (data or knowledge discovery) Definition - the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information Uses - increase revenue, cut costs, or both. Examples of data mining tools Database software programs - Access or Oracle Online programs - Survey Monkey or GoogleDocs
Example Kroger card Point-of-Sale Records Targeted Promotions Develop Products Increase Revenue Promotions Coupons
Vocabulary Data - any facts, numbers, or text that can be processed by a computer Operational or Transactional Data – Sales, Cost, Inventory, Payroll, Accounting Nonoperational Data – Industry Sales, Forecast Data, Macro Economic Data Meta Data - data about the data itself Demographic – a vital or social statistic of a human population (see example: City of Allen Demographics – population, age, male/female, education)
Relationships Internal Price Product Positioning Staff skills External Economic Indicators Competition Customer Demographics Analyze Sales Customer Satisfaction Corporate Profits Detailed Transactional Data Data Mining Video
Five Major Elements Extract Store and manage Share information Analyze Present
Analysis Analyzes relationships and patterns using queries Classes Clusters Associations Sequential patterns
Issues & Ethics Data Integrity Cost Individual Privacy Fair Use Guidelines Federal Trade Commission Examples Survey Monkey Privacy Policy Survey Monkey Terms of Use
Data Mining for Retail Store Setup an account on Survey Monkey Create Online Survey Name of Store Items to Sell Hours of Operation Dates of Operation Customer Demographics Name Grade Gender
Sources Overview – accessed on 2/18/ /teacher/technologies/palace/datamining.htm– /teacher/technologies/palace/datamining.htm Ethical Issues – accessed on 2/18/ /– / Customer privacy – accessed on 2/18/ mining/data-mining-privacy-concerns.html mining/data-mining-privacy-concerns.html