19 Data Mining Methods

Data Mining is the practice of deriving information from large amounts of existing data. This can be done in a variety of ways. One of these days is by creation Associations between sets of data. This is a common practice in retail as drawing connections between customer purchases allows businesses to utilise these behaviours in order to encourage more purchases by placing associated items near one another, or offering deals.

Classification is another Data Mining practice wherein common factors can be identified in order to group entities together and apply predictions on one such entry across the broader category. This was touched upon briefly in an earlier blog, in reference to how recruitment can be aided by identifying common factors among successful applicants.

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