This course will present data mining concepts and techniques. Students will understand the importance of data mining in today’s data explosive business environment. The course will cover the different data mining methods, models, and tools. In addition real-world data mining applications in various domains will be covered and the latest data mining tools will be used on real-life data sets to illustrate the course concepts.
Course Objectives
Present fundamental concepts and techniques for data mining.
Provide necessary background for applying data mining to business problems.
Conduct case studies on real data mining examples.
Demonstrate proficiency in current data mining tools.
Learning Outcomes
1: Identify appropriate data mining algorithms to solve real world problems 2: Compare and evaluate different data mining techniques like classification, prediction, clustering, and association rule mining 3: Identify machine learning techniques suitable for a given problem 4: Apply dimensionality reduction techniques and evaluate the effectiveness of the machine learning algorithms.
Featured Resources
LEARNING RESOURCES
8th Edition
Business Driven Information Systems
Workshop
Software Packages
1- Microsoft Excel 2019
2- Microsoft Access 2019
Workshop
Course Book
KADER_201 Summaries
Quiz Banks
Workshop
COURSE CONTENT
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to course & Proceedings
Business Understanding (Use Cases)
CHAPTER 2
- Cross Industry Standard Process for Data
Mining (CRISP) - Data Understanding (Types)
CHAPTER 3
Data Preparation (Cleaning & Transformation)
CHAPTER 4
Data Mining Application (1)
(Data Preparation and Cleaning)
CHAPTER 5
Data Mining Application (2)
(Exploratory Analysis)
CHAPTER 6
Data Mining Models (overview) - Linear Regression
CHAPTER 7
Logistic Regression - Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (1)
CHAPTER 8
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (2)
Midterm Exam Period
CHAPTER 9
Classification Models: Decision Trees
CHAPTER 10
Unsupervised Data Mining Models:
Association
CHAPTER 11
Unsupervised Data Mining Models: Clustering
CHAPTER 13
Text Mining
CHAPTER 14
Responsible Data Mining
CHAPTER 15
Projects Presentations
CHAPTER 16
Finalizing Course for Final Exam (review Week)
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