1. How to use Infozoom ICS 105 Research Team Fall 2000

2. Introduction Infozoom is a program that helps you do visual data mining. It achieves this by allowing you to Explore data Analyze data Search data

3. User Interface

4. Key Components and Features - Components There are two variables in Infozoom. Objects - define each row Attributes - define each column

5. Presentation Style Infozoom has 3 types of presentation styles: Wide View - individual objects Compressed View - entire data Overview - categories

6. Functions Within each presentation style, there are four important functions: Zooming in Zooming out Sorting Graphing

7. Functions - Zooming In and Out Zooming in - focuses on specific part of the database in relation to the rest of the database Zooming out- default setting, views all information in database

8. Functions - Sorting Sorts from A to Z or from least to greatest value Sorts from Z to A or from greatest to least value

9. Functions - Graphing Plots attributes of specific objects onto any one of the following graphs: Bar graph Pie chart Line graph and so on…..

10. Domains In particular, we will focus on 3 different data domains: Dating Environment Cars

11. Sample Questions Dating Questions: Supply the ScreenName of a Hispanic Male residing in California, if one exists.

12. Sample Questions Car questions: Does higher horsepower imply lower MPG?

13. Sample Questions Environment Questions: Name the X and Y values that contain the highest concentration of Vanadin

14. Summary We hope that this overview has helped you understand Infozoom better. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact any of the mentors present.

15. Final Comments On behalf of the ICS 105 Team, thank you for joining us. Please also remember to fill out the survey at the end of your trial.