Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xv
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Chapter 1: Data Mining and Business 1
6. Chapter 2: The Data Mining Process 9
7. Chapter 3: Framing Analytical Questions 17
8. Chapter 4: Data Preparation 31
9. Chapter 5: Descriptive Analysis 51
10. Chapter 6: Modeling 77
11. Chapter 7: Predictive Analytics with Regression Models 91
12. Chapter 8: Classification 121
13. Chapter 9: Clustering 141
14. Chapter 10: Time Series Forecasting 173
15. Chapter 11: Feature Selection 189
16. Chapter 12: Anomaly Detection 205
17. Chapter 13: Text Data Mining 227
18. Chapter 14: Working with Large Data Sets 253
19. Chapter 15: Visual Programming 259
20. Index 267