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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788291118
Length 238 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Introducing the Modeler graphic user interface


IBM SPSS Modeler can be thought of as a data mining workbench that combines multiple tools and technologies to support the data mining process. Modeler allows users to mine data visually on the stream canvas.

The following figure shows the different areas of the Modeler interface:

As you can see, the Modeler interface is comprised of several components, and these are described in the next few pages.

Stream canvas

The stream canvas is the main work area in Modeler. It is located in the center of the Modeler user interface. The stream canvas can be thought of as a surface on which to place icons or nodes. These nodes represent operations to be carried out on the data. Once nodes have been placed on the stream canvas, they can be linked together to form a stream.

Palettes

Nodes (operations on the data) are contained in palettes. The palettes are located at the bottom of the Modeler user interface. Each palette contains a group of related nodes that are...

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IBM SPSS Modeler Essentials
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