Webcasts

ONLINE VENDOR NEUTRAL INTRO TO DATA MINING FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
(no charge)

A non-technical data mining introduction for beginners
December 13, 2007
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To register: http://salford.webex.com

This one-hour webinar is a perfect place to start if you are new to data mining and have little-to-no background in statistics or machine learning.

In one hour, we will discuss:

• Data basics: what kind of data is required for data mining and predictive analytics; In what format must the data be; what steps are necessary to prepare data appropriately
• What kinds of questions can we answer with data mining
• How data mining models work: the inputs, the outputs, and the nature of the predictive mechanism
• Evaluation criteria: how predictive models can be assessed and their value measured
• Specific background knowledge to prepare you to begin a data mining project.