The top 3 data types were table data, time series, and itemsets / transactions. The ones that most grew in popularity were location/geo/mobile data, music/audio, and time series.
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The previous KDnuggets Poll asked
What Data types you analyzed/mined in the past 12 months?
Based on over 200 voters, the top 3 data types were the same as in 2010.
- table data, 69.4%
- time series, 41.7%
- itemsets / transactions, 32.5%
Comparing with
2010 KDnuggets Poll: Data types analyzed/mined ,
the data types that most increased in popularity by share of respondents were
- location/geo/mobile data: 19.4% share in 2011 (not asked in 2010)
- music / audio: up 63%
- time series: up 7%
Data types that most decreased in popularity were
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XML data: down 59%
- social network data: down 35% (surprisingly)
- web content: down 23%
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