Poll

Your main role in relation to data mining: [189 votes total] Analyst/Practitioner (analyze real-world data yourself) (86) 46% Researcher and Teacher (write research papers, teach DM) (40) 21% Manager (manage data-mining related activity) (26) 14% Student (currently in college) (22) 12% Software developer (write DM software) (8) 4% Business analyst use DM results, but don't mine data yourself) (3) 2% Other (please comment) (4) 2%

Comments:
Comparing with the results of a similar 2006 Poll: Your main role in relation to data mining, we note increases in categories of

• Analyst/Practitioner: from 40% to 46%
• Manager: from 10% to 14%

• Student: from 17% to 12%
• Software developer: from 9% to 4%