Data types analyzed/mined in the past 12 months [206 voters total]
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| table data (fixed n. columns) (143) |
69.4% |
| time series (86) |
41.7% |
| itemsets / transactions (67) |
32.5% |
| text (free-form) (53) |
25.7% |
| anonymized data (45) |
21.8% |
| location/geo/mobile data (40) |
19.4% |
| other (29) |
14.1% |
| social network data (26) |
12.6% |
| email (22) |
10.7% |
| web content (21) |
10.2% |
| web clickstream (18) |
8.7% |
| images / video (14) |
6.8% |
| XML data (10) |
4.9% |
| music / audio (7) |
3.4% |
Gregory PS, Editor:
Compared to
2010 KDnuggets Poll: Data types analyzed/mined , this poll had 43% more respondents.
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
- XML data: down 59%
- social network data: down 35% (surprisingly)
- web content: down 23%
The regional breakdown of voters was:
- US/Canada, 38.8%
- Europe, 35.4%
- Asia, 13.1%
- Latin America, 5.3%
- Africa/Middle East, 4.4%
- Australia/NZ, 2.9%
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