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IBM SPSS Modeler Essentials

You're reading from IBM SPSS Modeler Essentials Effective techniques for building powerful data mining and predictive analytics solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788291118

Length 238 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

IBM SPSS

Concepts

Data Mining

Authors (2):

Keith McCormick

Jesus Salcedo

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Dedication

Preface

1. Introduction to Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

2. The Basics of Using IBM SPSS Modeler FREE CHAPTER

3. Importing Data into Modeler

4. Data Quality and Exploration

5. Cleaning and Selecting Data

6. Combining Data Files

7. Deriving New Fields

8. Looking for Relationships Between Fields

9. Introduction to Modeling Options in IBM SPSS Modeler

10. Decision Tree Models

11. Model Assessment and Scoring

Chapter 3. Importing Data into Modeler

The previous chapter introduced the Modeler graphic user interface. You learned where different components of the program are located, how to work with nodes and create streams, and how to use various help options. Being somewhat familiar now with the software, we are ready to get started on our data mining project. The first step is to bring data into Modeler. In this chapter, you will:

Get an overview of the general data structure that is used in Modeler
Learn how to read and display data in Modeler
Get an introduction to level of measurement and field roles

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Authors (2)

Keith McCormick

Keith McCormick

Keith McCormick is an independent data miner, trainer, conference speaker, and author. He has been using statistics software tools since the early 90s, and has been conducting training since 1997. He has been data mining and using IBM SPSS Modeler since its arrival in North America in the late 90s. He is also an expert in other packages, IBM's SPSS software suite, including IBM SPSS Statistics, AMOS, and Text Mining. He blogs and reviews related books as well.

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Jesus Salcedo

Jesus Salcedo

Jesus Salcedo has a PhD in psychometrics from Fordham University. He is an independent statistical consultant and has been using SPSS products for over 20 years. He is a former SPSS Curriculum Team Lead and Senior Education Specialist who has written numerous SPSS training courses and trained thousands of users.

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