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How many books data miners buy?


 
  
The median answer was 2 books, and average 2.5 books. See also KDnuggets pages for Introductory Data Mining Books and Professional Data Mining Books


From: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
Date: Nov 25, 2009

The latest KDnuggets Poll asked:

How many books on data mining, analytics, and related topics did you buy in 2008-2009?

Based on the over 200 votes, data miners are buying books, with a median of 2 books, or about 1 per year.

About 30% of respondents reported buying 3 or more books, which brings the weighted average to about 2.5 books per year.

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